As workhorses of the cell, proteins compose structural and motor elements in the cell, and they serve as the catalysts for virtually every biochemical reaction that occurs in living things.

However, computer devices don’t change as a result of performing their jobs, unlike neurons. Storing and processing memories uses nanoscopic motor proteins called kinesin that move materials around ...

The study found that the protein Trio, which regulates the structure of synapses, diminishes in aging fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster), causing a decline in motor ability.

The chloroplast protein transport system includes a motor protein complex, which plays a critical driving role in the translocation of precursor proteins across the chloroplast membrane.

The pathway leading to the telltale sign of ALS, protein aggregation in the cytoplasm of motor neurons, has been revealed.

A new "toolkit" to repair damaged DNA that can lead to aging, cancer and motor neuron disease (MND) has been discovered by ...

A funding boost of more than £78 million will help UCL scientists working to develop a potential treatment for motor neurone ...

Goldstein and his colleagues studied the role of amyloid precursor protein (APP), which gives rise to the abnormal amyloid clumps. Using mouse neurons as a model, the scientists showed that APP serves ...

Trace Neuroscience, a UCL spinout biopharmaceutical company, has received $101m (£78m) in Series A funding, to help develop ...