Target Identification/ Validation News for June 2015

Target Identification/ Validation News Archive

TSRI Study Points to Unexplored Realm of Protein Biology, Drug Targets TSRI Study Points to Unexplored Realm of Protein Biology, Drug Targets

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have devised a powerful set of chemical methods for exploring the biology of proteins.

Naturally occurring genetic variation gives complete resistance in prion diseases Naturally occurring genetic variation gives complete resistance in prion diseases

Researchers at the Medical Research Council’s Prion Unit have identified a naturally occurring variant of the human prion protein that produces resistance to prion diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). The findings, published in Nature, could give important insight into other human brain diseases that lead to dementia.