Every time our body encounters a new disease-causing agent, a crucial defense system called adaptive immunity comes into play ...
New Cell-Based Assays Support Drug Discovery Across the Amylin Receptor Family STATE COLLEGE, PA, UNITED STATES, ...
Drug discovery is shifting from static snapshots to moving pictures. Instead of inferring how medicines work from end results ...
A research team of the University Medical Center Mainz has succeeded in observing for the first time how G protein-coupled receptors in living cells actually respond to activating substances. The ...
Scientists at École Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne (EPFL), and at UNIL-CHUV, University Hospital Lausanne (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL) have developed a computational method to create ...
Scientists have discovered that T cell receptors activate through a hidden spring-like motion that had never been seen before. This breakthrough may help explain why immunotherapy works for some ...
A new multi-pronged antibody design could help immune cells receive stronger activation signals against cancer. Researchers at the University of Southampton have identified a new strategy that could ...
Many people are familiar with histamine, a biological molecule that serves as a key driver of allergic reactions and other ...
A bitter taste has always been considered a warning signal, devoted to protecting us from ingesting potentially harmful ...