A machine-learning model from MIT researchers computationally breaks down how segments of amino acid chains determine a protein's function, which could help researchers design and test new ...

A new AI tool that models how variations in peptides change T cell receptor binding could help design immunotherapies with ...

Model learns how individual amino acids determine protein function Technique could improve machine-learning tasks in protein design, drug testing, and other applications Date: March 25, 2019 ...

A mutant DJ-1 gene causes recessive Parkinson's disease, but the molecular mechanism of this process has not been well ...

Amino acid-mediated heterotypic interaction governs performance of a hepatic tissue model. FASEB Journal, 2009; DOI: 10.1096/fj.08-114934 ...

Dissolvable glass made from amino acids can be used to create 3D-printed components that aren’t harmful to organisms – they could one day be used to make medical devices that dissolve in the ...

This study reports the passive diffusion (in vitro) of silver nanoparticles (SNPs) and those of the amino acids tryptophan, phenylalanine, tyrosine across a biological membrane model. The experiments ...

A team of researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Engineering in Medicine (MGH-CEM) has found the first evidence of cell-to-cell communication by amino acids, the building ...