In 2020, the world watched anxiously as scientists scrambled to develop defences against COVID-19. Faced with a new, deadly infectious disease, immunologists worked day and night to develop vaccines ...

A new online validation initiative pairs structural and functional insights to help scientists map epitopes in a 3D context, enhancing antibody-based assay efficiency and accuracy. New approaches pair ...

Bitter taste receptors are not only expressed in oral cavity cells but also in the gastrointestinal lining. To understand the diverse functions of these receptors, understanding the structure is ...

Receptor proteins, expressed on the cell surface or within the cell, bind to different signaling molecules, known as ligands, initiating cellular responses. Taste receptors, expressed in oral tissues, ...