"This led us to hypothesize that protein-bound zinc can lead to the activation of PPIs, independently of the presence of protons," explains biologist Teresa Marker, first author of the publication.

"This led us to hypothesize that protein-bound zinc can lead to the activation of PPIs, independently of the presence of protons," explains biologist Teresa Marker, first author of the publication.

"This led us to hypothesize that protein-bound zinc can lead to the activation of PPIs, independently of the presence of protons," explains biologist Teresa Marker, first author of the publication.

In 1996 we were ready to synthesize element 112. We selected a beam and a target material so that the sum of their protons gave 112: a zinc beam consisting of 30 protons and 40 neutrons was used ...