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 ...

Many people are familiar with histamine, a biological molecule that serves as a key driver of allergic reactions and other ...

Kanazawa University, in collaboration with Osaka University and the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, ...

A genetic mutation passed from mother to children in families affected by schizophrenia has now been shown to completely ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Scientists are aiming to determine the composition and topology of physiological Ashwell-Morell receptor ligands. Their findings will help uncover the receptor's still-hidden secrets. After earning ...

Scientists have discovered that H5N1, the strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus currently spreading in U.S. dairy cows, only needs a single mutation to readily latch on to human cells ...