A new study reveals a critical vulnerability in a brain receptor targeted by a rare autoimmune disease. Researchers have ...
Laboratory tests of a novel serotonin-binding compound have revealed an unexpected disconnect between receptor activation and ...
A research team of the University Medical Center Mainz has succeeded in observing for the first time how G protein-coupled ...
Drug discovery is shifting from static snapshots to moving pictures. Instead of inferring how medicines work from end results ...
Psychedelics, psychoactive substances that alter people's perceptions, mood and thought patterns, have recently shown promise ...
When a highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 influenza virus emerged in US dairy cattle in March, scientists around the world had a slew of questions about the virus’s characteristics. In a new paper ...
Many people are familiar with histamine, a biological molecule that serves as a key driver of allergic reactions and other ...
Scientists have identified a promising target for treatment of a devastating autoimmune disease affecting the brain.
"To provide direct evidence for binding of the molecule at different pockets of the receptor, we have developed a new assay, which enables us to measure the binding specifically at the extracellular ...
Of the 20,000+ human genes, none has greater influence on late-onset Alzheimer’s disease than APOE. But why do certain variants of this lipid transporter protect the brain, while others endanger it? A ...