Within the cell, some proteins can condense into droplets: a concept known as liquid-liquid phase separation. While this enables important cellular functions, there has been speculation that it can also be a precursor to pathological protein aggregation. (Image: Adobe Stock)
Within the cell, some proteins can condense into droplets: a concept known as liquid-liquid phase separation. While this enables important cellular functions, there has been speculation that it can also be a precursor to pathological protein aggregation. (Image: Adobe Stock)
15.07.2024
•Health Innovation
•7 min

Protein droplets likely don’t cause Parkinson’s

Study deepens our understanding of neurodegenerative diseases linked to protein aggregation.

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Xiaodan Li und Richard Kammerer haben erstmals ein Enzym charakterisiert, das ein wichtiges Werkzeug für die Kreislaufwirtschaft werden könnte. Auf dem Monitor sieht man schematisch abgebildet den entscheidenden Teil des aktiven Zentrums dieses Enzyms.
Xiaodan Li und Richard Kammerer haben erstmals ein Enzym charakterisiert, das ein wichtiges Werkzeug für die Kreislaufwirtschaft werden könnte. Auf dem Monitor sieht man schematisch abgebildet den entscheidenden Teil des aktiven Zentrums dieses Enzyms.
(Foto: Paul Scherrer Institut/Markus Fischer)
14.05.2024
•Fundamentals of Nature
•5 min

A bionanomachine for green chemistry

PSI researchers have characterised a unique enzyme from bacteria that enables an important chemical reaction.

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Dr. Chiara Favaretto has been honored with the Alavi-Mandell Award
24.04.2024

Dr. Chiara Favaretto has been honored with the Alavi-Mandell Award 2024

We congratulate Dr. Chiara Favaretto for the excellent research work she did during her time at the Center for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences.

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Dr. Chiara Favaretto has been honored with the Alavi-Mandell Award
Kammerer Leka
18.12.2023
•Health Innovation
•9 min

New possibilities for a healing toxin

PSI researchers discover a surprising mechanism that could broaden the spectrum of therapeutic uses of botulinum toxin.

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