Credit: iStock/Evgenii141 Six years after the revolutionary development of mRNA vaccines for COVID-19, 4D cellular physiologist Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, PhD, FAAAS, and her research team took synthetic mRNA technology to the next level. In her recent keynote talk at the 2026 American Physiological Summit in Minneapolis, Lippincott-Schwartz’s group—led by Heejun Choi, PhD—at Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s … Continue reading Rainbow mRNAs Help Researchers Discover the Hidden World of Cells
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Spotlight On: Amino Acids
Credit: iStock Proteins are a crucial, key component in almost every biological process in the body. Our genes serve as an instruction manual that guides the generation of proteins. But you might not know much about amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. Units of amino acids called polypeptides allow your body to make the … Continue reading Spotlight On: Amino Acids