With a newly developed method that compares AI-generated protein sequences with naturally occurring ones, function- and ...

Research led by the University of Auckland has cast light on the evolutionary origins of one of nature's first motors, which ...

A new platform developed at Scripps Research enables fast, scalable protein evolution. This potentially opens the door to new therapies and diagnostics. In addition, the technology may aid scientists ...

This article introduces the field of bioinformatics and its importance as a cornerstone of biological research, as well as ...

Therapeutic protein design is evolving—and it is doing so in more than one sense of that word. Protein design is being guided by artificial intelligence (AI), which drug developers are using to ...

Viruses need to infect their hosts’ cells in order to replicate. But the hosts tend to not want these pathogens utilizing their resources, killing their cells, and putting their lives in danger. As ...

Integrating protein sequence design and evolutionary sequence conservation to uncover spectral tuning sites in red-light photoreceptors Authors: Oliver Maximilian Eder, Massimo Gregorio Totaro, Stefan ...

The coronavirus genome is 30,000 letters long, encoding more than two dozen different proteins that enable the virus to hijack our cells. Of these, spike gets all the glory and infamy; it is the ...

Landfills are overflowing with plastic trash. Serial inventor Jonathan Rothberg’s Protein Evolution found a solution: using AI to create enzymes that can recycle old polyester textiles into a material ...

Tardigrades make a unique damage suppressor protein that researchers are working to harness for medicine, space, agriculture, ...