Harnessing generative AI to expand the mitochondrial targeting toolkit Date: May 5, 2025 Source: Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Summary ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Generative AI was used to design novel mitochondrial targeting sequences (MTSs), addressing the limited diversity of natural MTSs. AI-generated MTSs, identified ...

The mitochondrion, often referred to as the powerhouse of the cell, plays critical roles in cellular function, making it a prime organelle to target for fundamental studies, metabolic engineering, and ...

The research team included, back row, from left, Shih-I (Harry) Tan, Nilmani Singh, Aashutosh Boob, and front row, from left, Teresa Martin, Li-Qing Chen, and Huimin Zhao. The mitochondrion, often ...

Researchers are zeroing in on the Achilles' heel of pathogens that cause Chagas disease, sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis.

Researchers are zeroing in on the Achilles’ heel of pathogens that cause Chagas disease, sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis.

For neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, treatment options are scant. New research by Stanford ...

The efforts of a research team give hope for new treatment approaches for dangerous tropical diseases. The researchers have compiled a high-precision inventory of the membrane proteins of cell ...