Self-assembling sequences of protein coiled coils create polyhedral nanostructures for advanced applications in biomedicine, chemistry and materials science. Helical forms compel comparisons between ...

A recent scientific breakthrough has emerged from the work of researchers aiming to combat SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19. The study focuses on the design and development of a novel ...

Origami may sound more like art than science, but a complex folding pathway that proteins use to determine their shape has been harnessed by molecular biologists, enabling them to build some of the ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Protein-based nanomaterials that respond to light are emerging as candidates for integrating biological compatibility with programmable electronic behavior. Their appeal lies in ...

Imagine a perfectly biocompatible, protein-based drug delivery system durable enough to survive in the body for more than two weeks and capable of providing sustained medication release. An ...

HOUSTON - (Jan. 2, 2020) - It turns out the coiled snakes often used to symbolize medical knowledge are more than apt. They also mimic a key to life itself. Members of Rice's Center for Theoretical ...

Synthetic biologists along with structural biologists have explored ways to fold artificial proteins into diverse shapes like origamis. They constructed diamond-shaped protein cages, and managed to ...