Disease mechanisms and treatments

Butter, olive oil, coconut oil 鈥 what to choose?
Depending on the chain length and origin of the fat, regular fat consumption changes the specific makeup of fats in bloodstream and affect mild to severe cholesterol patterns. Read about this recent Journal of Lipid Research study.

Meet Lan Huang
Molecular & Cellular Proteomics associate editor uses crosslinking mass spec to study protein鈥損rotein interactions to find novel therapeutics.

Influenza gets help from gum disease bacteria
Scientists discover that a protease from Porphyromonas gingivalis enhances viral spread. Read more about this recent Journal of Biological Chemistry paper.

Innovative platform empowers scientists to transform venoms into therapeutics
Scientists combine phage display and a 鈥渕etavenome鈥 library to discover new drugs that bind clinically relevant human cell receptors. Read about this recent Molecular & Cellular Proteomics paper.

Meet Donita Brady
Donita Brady is an associate professor of cancer biology and an associate editor of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, who studies metalloallostery in cancer.

Glyco get-together exploring health and disease
Meet the co-chairs of the 2025 91影库meeting on O-GlcNAcylation to be held July 10鈥13, 2025, in Durham, North Carolina. Learn about the latest in the field and meet families affected by diseases associated with this pathway.

Targeting toxins to treat whooping cough
Scientists find that liver protein inhibits of pertussis toxin, offering a potential new treatment for bacterial respiratory disease. Read more about this recent study from the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Scientists identify pan-cancer biomarkers
Researchers analyze protein and RNA data across 13 cancer types to find similarities that could improve cancer staging, prognosis and treatment strategies. Read about this recent article published in Molecular & Cellular Proteomics.

CRISPR epigenome editor offers potential gene therapies
Scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, created a system to modify the methylation patterns in neurons. They presented their findings at 91影库2025.