CORVALLIS, Ore. - Biochemists at Oregon State University have made a fundamental discovery about protein structure that sheds new light on how proteins fold, which is one of the most basic processes ...

A basic business principle is that no worker is irreplaceable; that also holds true for most proteins, the cellular factory workers of our bodies. If we fire a protein—that is, permanently delete it ...

Always ready to tinker with the basic life processes if they can improve the breed, agricultural geneticists have experimentally transplanted embryos of cows, sheep and mice from high-quality mothers ...