An MIT researcher's mathematical model explains for the first time the distinctive structure of collagen, a material key to healthy human bone, muscles and other tissues. The new model shows ...

Although the structure of bone and its mechanical properties have been well-studied, the knowledge about how collagen fibrils and HAP crystals interact at the molecular scale, and how they deform as ...

Having 'solved' the structure of polyglycine II in August of 1955 1, Alex Rich and Francis Crick realize, a month later, that they are now in a position to build a model of the structure of collagen 2 ...

*One collagen backbone has a synthetic analog in Tripeptide-29. As a long-chain polymer, collagen typically consists of sequences of three amino acids linked in short monomeric repeats. The secondary ...

Collagen is the most abundant protein in our bodies. It’s used to make all our connective tissues—including skin, bones, blood vessels, cartilage, ligaments, muscles, and tendons. That has led ...

New study demonstrates jellyfish collagen to be a reliable and sustainable alternative to current mammalian sources for use in cancer cell culture. As more labs look for ways to be ethical and reduce ...