Designer proteins provide new information about the body's signal processes

Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 06:30 in Biology & Nature

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen can radically alter the properties of proteins by redesigning their chemical structure. New fundamental research based on designer proteins highlights important communication processes in the human body. In the long term, this new knowledge may lead to pharmaceuticals with fewer side effects. The findings have been published in Nature Communications.

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