Exposing collagen’s double life: discovery by Collin Stultz’s group shows that rigid structural protein can switch to a floppy shape that could lead to new treatments for heart disease

Exposing collagen’s double life: discovery by Collin Stultz’s group shows that rigid structural protein can switch to a floppy shape that could lead to new treatments for heart disease

Collagen, a type of connective tissue that makes up about thirty percent of the human body, is a structural protein that serves as an important component of muscle, skin, bones and cartilage, and forms scar tissue when injuries heal. Recent work by Professor Collin...