The laminin-411 protein is vital for the formation of the myelin membrane by oligodendrocytes, report researchers from Japan.

Proteins are life's molecular workhorses, doing everything from turning sunlight into food to fighting viruses. They are ...

What made ribose the sugar of choice for life's code? Scientists at Scripps Research may have cracked a major part of this ...

Scientists in Denmark got bacteria to do something surprising—they made milk proteins, without any cows or milk.