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One of biology's fundamental questions is how our genes shape who we are. Adrian Serohijos and Stephen Michnick, professors ...

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Using a modern imaging technology known as cryo-electron microscopy, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined the structure of a protein called midnolin that's crucial to the ...

How does skin hold you in? How do heart cells beat together? Researchers at the University of California, Davis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, are exploring how structures called desmosomes, ...

A new review argues that Huntington's disease is driven by widespread disruptions of interconnected protein networks, ...