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Nutrients are substances used by organisms to live and grow. Humans acquire nutrients through dietary intake and proper nutrient intake is essential for the human body to properly function. Major classes of nutrients include carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water.
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OCT 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The blood-brain barrier is a formidable defense for the protection of one of the most critical organs in the body &ndash ...OCT 21, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Epigenetics - the study of how genetic modifications, instead of the genetic code itself, affects the expression of gene ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2016Microbiology
Corals live in the ocean, of course. Well, so do many microbes - bacteria, viruses, and algae, for example. It’s n ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Around the country, people who feel that telltale sign of sluggishness are opting for a quick fix at the clinic. The pro ...OCT 17, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Drosophila, the fruit fly, has been used as a model organism for decades by researchers investigate many different biolo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 14, 2016Videos
When it comes to diet habits, what you eat directly influences your body - down to the molecular genetics level. Researc ...OCT 10, 2016Space & Astronomy
Saturn has well over 60 moons, and interestingly, many of those, including Enceladus and Titan, seem to harbor what astr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 09, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Vitamin D deficiency impacts millions of men, women and children globally. Children that are born with very low levels o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2016Videos
At one point or another, your dog may have eaten its own poop after going outside to relieve itself. Of course, sometime ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 25, 2016Earth & The Environment
Some call it the wood-wide web. Officially, it is known as the mycorrhizal network. And what is it actually? A vast inte ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 24, 2016Cardiology
A nutritious diet and regular exercise habits is a tried and true recipe for successful weight loss, but many overweight ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 20, 2016Cancer
Cancer has an insatiable appetite for the body’s nutrients. Most of the time, sugar is its preferred source of ene ...SEP 13, 2016Microbiology
After performing the first genome wide screen of Apicomplexa, researchers have identified a potential mechanism for the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Not all fat are bad – brown fat actually act as fuel for the body to stay warm and maintain healthy weights. Now, ...SEP 12, 2016Microbiology
Researchers at MIT have created a new device that allows for the measurement of the growth rate of many individual cells ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 08, 2016Neuroscience
In the millions of years of evolution, humans developed strong muscles for hunting and gathering, digestion to get the m ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Aging has long been a bane of human existence and people seem to have tried everything to delay or stop it. Resear ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2016Cardiology
Hydrogen sulfide gas, commonly referred to “rotten egg gas,” may be stinky, but researchers are finding that ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 31, 2016Plants & Animals
Often times when pet fish owners get tired of being pet fish owners, they’ll dump their pets into the local wild w ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 27, 2016Earth & The Environment
If you take a moment to Google “toxic algal bloom,” you may be surprised by the numerous recent new articles ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 18, 2016Cancer
Faced with low nutrients and starvation, pancreatic cancer doesn’t back down. In fact, scientists have found that ...AUG 16, 2016Cardiology
Many people who have a heart attack will have to undergo either a coronary angioplasty or a coronary artery bypass graft ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 16, 2016Health & Medicine
A dietary compound called trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is found in foods like eggs and meat and has been associated wit ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 15, 2016Neuroscience
Does size matter? Well, it depends, but in terms of the brain, it’s definitely a factor. A study directed by neuro ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The blood-brain barrier is a formidable defense for the protection of one of the most critical organs in the body &ndash
...
OCT 21, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Epigenetics - the study of how genetic modifications, instead of the genetic code itself, affects the expression of gene
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2016
Microbiology
Corals live in the ocean, of course. Well, so do many microbes - bacteria, viruses, and algae, for example. It’s n
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Around the country, people who feel that telltale sign of sluggishness are opting for a quick fix at the clinic. The pro
...
OCT 17, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Drosophila, the fruit fly, has been used as a model organism for decades by researchers investigate many different biolo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 14, 2016
Videos
When it comes to diet habits, what you eat directly influences your body - down to the molecular genetics level. Researc
...
OCT 10, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Saturn has well over 60 moons, and interestingly, many of those, including Enceladus and Titan, seem to harbor what astr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 09, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Vitamin D deficiency impacts millions of men, women and children globally. Children that are born with very low levels o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2016
Videos
At one point or another, your dog may have eaten its own poop after going outside to relieve itself. Of course, sometime
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 25, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Some call it the wood-wide web. Officially, it is known as the mycorrhizal network. And what is it actually? A vast inte
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 24, 2016
Cardiology
A nutritious diet and regular exercise habits is a tried and true recipe for successful weight loss, but many overweight
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 20, 2016
Cancer
Cancer has an insatiable appetite for the body’s nutrients. Most of the time, sugar is its preferred source of ene
...
SEP 13, 2016
Microbiology
After performing the first genome wide screen of Apicomplexa, researchers have identified a potential mechanism for the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Not all fat are bad – brown fat actually act as fuel for the body to stay warm and maintain healthy weights. Now,
...
SEP 12, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers at MIT have created a new device that allows for the measurement of the growth rate of many individual cells
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 08, 2016
Neuroscience
In the millions of years of evolution, humans developed strong muscles for hunting and gathering, digestion to get the m
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Aging has long been a bane of human existence and people seem to have tried everything to delay or stop it. Resear
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2016
Cardiology
Hydrogen sulfide gas, commonly referred to “rotten egg gas,” may be stinky, but researchers are finding that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 31, 2016
Plants & Animals
Often times when pet fish owners get tired of being pet fish owners, they’ll dump their pets into the local wild w
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 27, 2016
Earth & The Environment
If you take a moment to Google “toxic algal bloom,” you may be surprised by the numerous recent new articles
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 18, 2016
Cancer
Faced with low nutrients and starvation, pancreatic cancer doesn’t back down. In fact, scientists have found that
...
AUG 16, 2016
Cardiology
Many people who have a heart attack will have to undergo either a coronary angioplasty or a coronary artery bypass graft
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 16, 2016
Health & Medicine
A dietary compound called trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is found in foods like eggs and meat and has been associated wit
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 15, 2016
Neuroscience
Does size matter? Well, it depends, but in terms of the brain, it’s definitely a factor. A study directed by neuro
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim