New research shows that copper accumulation in Wilson disease shuts down the PPARα–FABP1 fat-handling axis in hepatocytes, ...

A new study in Cell Death Discovery shows that the copper-binding protein metallothionein 3 regulates cuproptosis in retinal ...

Octopuses pump blue blood through three separate hearts, a biological arrangement that depends entirely on copper rather than iron to move oxygen through their bodies. The protein responsible, ...

Copper is an essential micronutrient that plays a pivotal role in enzymatic redox reactions, energy production and connective tissue synthesis. To harness its biological utility while avoiding ...

A recent study published in the journal ACS Chemical Neuroscience suggests that a copper-delivering drug can repair a vital waste-removal system in the brain, leading to lower levels of toxic ...

Copper is an essential trace element that serves as a catalytic cofactor for a range of enzymes, participates in redox signalling and contributes to the maintenance of cellular homeostasis. Absorption ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University researchers have described with single-molecule precision how copper ions cause prion proteins to misfold and seed the misfolding and clumping of nearby prion ...