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Do biological age tests really work?

Biological age tests measure how fast your body is aging compared to your actual age. These tests rely on biomarkers tied to ...

Modified tau thwarts aggregation in neurodegenerative disease—while retaining its biological function

A designer version of the tau protein, developed by a team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers, maintains its biological function while resisting aggregation, a pathological trait linked ...
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Identifying molecules that activate and inhibit key protein function

Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered a concealed molecular "control switch" within a protein that plays a ...
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Flexibility is function: How unstructured protein segments regulate biological functions

Researchers have discovered how unstructured segments of surface proteins regulate the biological function of a cell. Their study, published in Nature Communications, sheds new light on the interplay ...
The White House

IMPROVING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Section 1. Purpose. Dangerous gain-of-function research on biological agents and pathogens has the potential to significantly endanger the lives of American citizens. If left unrestricted, its effects ...