Your gut harbors trillions of microbes which live in precarious harmony with your immune system. When that harmony is upset, ...

A protein whose function is normally to define the prostate's development tells cells to continue growing in cancer. Study: NSD2 is a requisite subunit of the AR/FOXA1 neo-enhanceosome in promoting ...

Have we been wrong about what causes Alzheimer's disease? New research suggests yes. For years, the leading theory for the cause of this neurodegeneration was the accumulation of abnormal proteins in ...

A new Northwestern University study using patient nervous tissue and lab-grown human neurons has uncovered how a key disease ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Overweight and obese adults who are losing weight with a high-protein diet are more likely to sleep better, according to new research from Purdue University. "Most research ...

It has long been known that a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, and most other neurodegenerative diseases, is the clumping together of insoluble protein aggregates in the brain. During normal ...

The consequence of low blood protein depends on how low the protein becomes, which protein is low, and the cause of the low protein. Having a correct level of protein in the blood is essential for ...

When proteins are made in a cell, they start out as strings of amino acids, which have to be folded into the correct, three-dimensional shape so they will function properly. Misfolded proteins can ...

Depending on your preferred source, you might hear that 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight is the general standard. It ...