When human cells lack oxygen, they must react. Without oxygen, the metabolism can hardly generate energy, and many vital ...

Could a 70-year-old high blood pressure medicine hold the secret to stopping one of the deadliest brain cancers? New research ...

Free radicals are highly reactive molecules that are missing an electron. They get a bad rap, but could they actually have ...

A novel technology that utilizes light of different wavelengths to control cellular functions by inducing reversible assembly and disassembly of molecules has been developed. This breakthrough could ...

A Penn-led research team has uncovered how hydralazine, one of the oldest blood pressure medications and a standard treatment for preeclampsia, functions at the molecular level.

A Penn-led team has revealed how hydralazine, one of the world's oldest blood pressure drugs and a mainstay treatment for ...

Cells are regularly faced with environmental stresses that may damage or destroy them. To survive, they quickly adjust their ...

This study investigates the folding and unfolding behavior of the doubly knotted protein TrmD-Tm1570, providing insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying protein knotting. The findings reveal ...

A new life-saving intervention under development could be taken easily wherever it’s most needed, like the battlefield, in ...