G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are integral membrane proteins with seven membrane-spanning helices. Upon binding to a ligand – which can range from small molecules like cyclic AMP to ...

This review examines the cardiovascular risks associated with cannabis, revealing its potential to cause severe heart health ...

Ozempic and Wegovy do the same thing as GLP-1 would normally do for you — but to enable them to treat diabetes and obesity, ...

A recently published paper in Science China Life Sciences reports an interdisciplinary study utilizing single-cell sequencing ...

EPFL researchers have developed a computational method to explicitly consider the impact of water while designing membrane receptors with enhanced stability and signaling, paving the way for novel ...

Proteins are life's engines, powering processes like muscle movement, vision, and chemical reactions. Their ...

Proteins are life's engines, powering processes like muscle movement, vision, and chemical reactions. Their environments-water, lipid membranes, or other condensed phases-are critical to their ...

Predators and prey in the ocean rely on chemical signals for survival, but this vital sensory mode can also be their Achilles' heel.

G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2) is involved in heart failure (HF) progression and its upregulation contributes to adverse cardiac remodeling and dysfunction. In mouse models of HF, ...

OKYO Pharma Limited (NASDAQ: OKYO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies for the ...