News articles tagged with 'crystallography'
Why so many antibodies fail to protect against HIV infection
— 19 Nov 2010 11:11 | HealthResearchers have been stymied for years over the fact that people infected with the AIDS virus do indeed produce antibodies in response to the pathogen - antibodies that turn out to…
CRISPR critters: Scientists identify key enzyme in microbial immune system
— 10 Sep 2010 11:22 | BiologyImagine a war in which you are vastly outnumbered by an enemy that is utterly relentless - attacking you is all it does. The intro to another Terminator movie? No, just another day…
Novel nanotechnology collaboration leads to breakthrough in cancer research
— 2 Sep 2010 16:22 | HealthOne of the most difficult aspects of working at the nanoscale is actually seeing the object being worked on. Biological structures like viruses, which are smaller than the wavelength…
Scientists determine structure of immune molecule that counteracts HIV strains
— 2 Jun 2010 16:09 | HealthIn findings that contribute to efforts to design an AIDS vaccine, a team led by Scripps Research Institute scientists has determined the structure of an immune system antibody molecule…
Scripps Research scientists solve protein structure revealing secrets of cell membranes
— 29 Apr 2010 10:46 | HealthA team of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has discovered the structure of a protein that pinches off tiny pouches from cells'…
Einstein researchers find molecular structure of key fluorescent proteins
— 24 Apr 2010 12:31 | BiologyScientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined the crystal structures of two key fluorescent proteins - one blue, one red - used to 'light up'…
A new key to fight rare childhood disease
— 3 Feb 2010 11:28 | HealthA research team led by biochemist Scott Garman at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has for the first time determined the mechanism of one of the cell's 'recycling' enzymes, human…
The hidden lives of proteins
— 3 Dec 2009 09:23 | ChemistryAn important Brandeis study appearing in the December 3 issue of Nature raises the curtain on the hidden lives of proteins at the atomic level. The study reports that for the first…
Atomic-level snapshot catches protein motor in action
— 25 Nov 2009 08:51 | BiologyThe atomic-level action of a remarkable class of ring-shaped protein motors has been uncovered by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) using a state-of-the-art…
Protein structures revealed at record pace
— 20 Jul 2009 22:42 | TechnologyScientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a fast and efficient way to determine the structure of proteins, shortening…