Cell Biology
The mystery behind the building of muscle
Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have discovered two proteins that are essential for the fusion of muscle cells to build muscle fibres. Their discovery might help us better understand and treat illnesses such as muscle-wasting disorde…
Lipid-modifying enzyme: New target for pan-viral therapeutics
Three different disease-causing viruses — poliovirus, coxsackievirus, and hepatitis C — rely on their unwilling host for the membrane platforms enriched in a specific lipid, phosphatidylinositol 4 phosphate (PI4P) on which they can replicate, Rutgers…
