New therapeutic opportunities often emerge from research on simple organisms. For instance, the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry ...

Study connects the swip-10 gene in roundworms to copper metabolism and neurodegeneration. Loss of swip-10 impairs copper ...

New therapeutic opportunities often emerge from research on simple organisms. For instance, the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry ...

Scientists discovered a link between copper regulation and neurodegeneration, using the worm gene swip-10. Their findings suggest that restoring copper balance could offer new treatments for disorders ...

In biological systems copper exists mainly in two forms: cuprous copper, termed Cu(I), and cupric copper, termed Cu(II). These two forms are managed by different proteins in the body and can be ...