New research suggests that decreased activity of ELOVL2 -- a key enzyme in lipid metabolism -- accelerates white blood cell aging and alters genes associated with the onset of blood cancers.

It turns out, the immune system mistakes a protein made in most ... a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), told Live Science.

Those who suffer myasthenia gravis experience muscle weakness that can affect the muscles we use to blink, smile and move our bodies. Researchers used a cutting-edge imaging technique to uncover new ...

Hough (Physics) Experimental biophysics of intrinsically disordered protein domains ... role of protein flexibility in immune system recognition Leslie A. Leinwand (Molecular, Cellular & Developmental ...

Our immune systems weaken as we get older, making fewer cells that fight infection and help us recover from illness and injury. Scientists aren't ...

To pinpoint this new immunization strategy, scientists inhibited human cells from producing proteasomes in one group while ...

New research finds reduced ELOVL2 enzyme activity speeds up immune cell aging and disrupts genes linked to cancer.