The recommended target for protein intake increased from 0.8 g/kg/day to 1.2-1.6 g/kg/day in 2026. Individual protein requirements vary by age, sex, and physical activity.

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Bacteria in the human gut can directly deliver proteins into human cells, actively shaping immune responses.

Most mutations that cause disease by swapping one amino acid out for another do so by making the protein less stable, according to a major study of human protein variants that was published in Nature ...

A comprehensive analysis of over 500,000 human protein variants reveals that 60% of disease-causing missense mutations reduce protein stability In a recent study published in Nature, researchers used ...

Choosing meat varieties with the most protein per serving can help you achieve daily protein intake goals and support a ...

You can create flavorful, high-protein meals with combinations of beef, turkey, salmon, eggs, tofu, lentils, beans, grains, ...

Researchers developed a new machine learning method that, given a relevant amino acid sequence, can automatically predict the location of a protein in any human cell line down to the single-cell level ...