GLP-1 drugs have transformed weight loss by suppressing appetite. The other half of the equation — helping the body burn more energy — has received less attention. Focusing on metabolic studies in ...

Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis described for the first time the structure of a bifunctional protein, called CcsBA, that transports heme and attaches it to cytochromes. Credit: Kranz ...

University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers have discovered that maturing red blood cells can import heme from surrounding cells via the HRG1 transporter, even after losing their ...

A team of researchers has uncovered a previously unrecognized role of mitochondrial protein synthesis in the maintenance of intracellular iron distribution. Disruption of this process was found to ...