Protein study could help researchers develop new antibiotics

Researchers created a water-soluble version of an important bacterial enzyme, which can now be used in drug screens to identify new antibiotics.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
June 10, 2024 ~7 min

“Rosetta Stone” of cell signaling could expedite precision cancer medicine

An atlas of human protein kinases enables scientists to map cell signaling pathways with unprecedented speed and detail.

Megan Scudellari | Koch Institute • mit
June 3, 2024 ~9 min


A new computational technique could make it easier to engineer useful proteins

MIT researchers plan to search for proteins that could be used to measure electrical activity in the brain.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
April 3, 2024 ~8 min

Exploring the cellular neighborhood

Software allows scientists to model shapeshifting proteins in native cellular environments.

Alison Biester | Department of Biology • mit
March 11, 2024 ~6 min

How sensory gamma rhythm stimulation clears amyloid in Alzheimer’s mice

Study finds stimulating a key brain rhythm with light and sound increases peptide release from interneurons, driving clearance of an Alzheimer’s protein.

David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
March 7, 2024 ~8 min

Study explains how part of the nucleolus evolved

A single protein can self-assemble to build the scaffold for a biomolecular condensate that makes up a key nucleolar compartment.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
Aug. 15, 2023 ~7 min

New sensor mimics cell membrane functions

The device detects the same molecules that cell receptors do, and may enable routine early screening for cancers and other diseases.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
July 21, 2023 ~9 min

Probe expands understanding of oral cavity homeostasis

A new approach opens the door to a greater understanding of protein-microbe interactions.

Lillian Eden | Department of Biology • mit
July 18, 2023 ~5 min


It takes three to tango: transcription factors bind DNA, protein, and RNA

Whitehead Institute researchers find many transcription factors bind RNA, which fine-tunes their regulation of gene expression, suggesting new therapeutic opportunities.

Greta Friar | Whitehead Institute • mit
July 17, 2023 ~7 min

Scientists pinpoint where thousands of individual proteins are made in intact tissue and single cells

A new technology called RIBOmap can give researchers valuable insight into how protein production in animal and human tissue is altered in disease.

Sarah C.P. Williams | Broad Institute • mit
July 14, 2023 ~6 min

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