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Promising Parkinson's drug decoded

Promising Parkinson's drug decoded

May 05, 2025

Medicine Structural Biology

Elucidation of its mode of action lays the foundation for the development of targeted therapies for Parkinson's disease and chronic kidney disease more

Scientists discover the function of a mysterious HIV component

Scientists discover the function of a mysterious HIV component

February 27, 2025

Infection Biology Proteins Structural Biology

Researchers reveal new insights into the how the matrix layer of HIV-1 becomes mature more

Artistic representation of the carbon monoxide dehydrogenase/acetyl-CoA synthase complex enclosed in an air bubble, submerged underwater. Text reads "the molecular choreography of efficient microbial carbon capture. Max Planck Institute of Biophysics".

The molecular choreography of efficient microbial carbon capture

January 31, 2025

Climate Microbiology (B&M) Structural Biology

A new structural study reveals the mechanism used by anaerobic microbes to grow on a mixture of carbon dioxide and other gases more

The HIV-1 capsid cracks the rings of the nuclear pore complex as it traverses the channel from the cytosol to the nucleus.

HI viruses crack the lock to the cell nucleus

January 17, 2025

Infection Biology Medicine Proteins Structural Biology

For the first time, researchers have observed how HIV penetrates the nuclear pores to the genome of human immune cells more

Two clawed frogs in their aquarium. The frogs, which are about the size of the palm of your hand, have a white belly and a yellow spotted back - on the toes of their hind feet they have the horn claws that give them their name.

Some frogs like it hot, others like it cold

January 10, 2025

Structural Biology

How clawed frog species inhabit different climate zones thanks to small molecular adaptations more

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MaxPlanckResearch 1/2025 Science Magazine - Focus: Power Packed

To mark the end of the Year of Science ‘Freedom’, we are dedicating this issue to freedom of choice. We explore the question of whether free will exists and, if so, what could constitute it. Neurobiology is also investigating this with ever new approaches. How free we are in our decisions is also a topic of research in the context of choosing a partner. This is because it is only chance that plays a role here; there are also patterns that can be proven demographically. Chance also determines where and into which family we are born. Epigenetic studies show how our origins influence the course of our lives and, above all, our health.

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