New proteins enable scientists to control cell activities

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Oct 14, 2021, 8:50 am907 ptsTrendingInteresting
Sailan Shui, a doctoral assistant at EPFL's Laboratory of Protein Design and Immunoengineering, enjoys playing with proteins, activating and deactivating them as she wishes, as if light switches that can be turned on and off. However, instead of using electronic, her method relies on proteins to trigger the…

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