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Peptides: are short chains of amino acid monomers linked by peptide (amide) bonds. The covalent chemical bonds are formed when the carboxyl group of one amino acid reacts with the amino group of another.
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NOV 19, 2016Microbiology
Rising antibiotic resistance is considered a major public health threat; one that the United Nations has taken notice of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 08, 2016Immunology
Could it be possible to predict the onset of type 1 diabetes before symptoms appear? If so, what kind of benefits would ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 06, 2016Microbiology
Humans live in a symobiotic relationship with gut microbes, many of which inhabit our gastrointestinal tract. Some of th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 04, 2016Microbiology
Electron microscopy is a powerful tool that produces images of things magnified up to ten million times, but the images ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
New antibiotics against superbugs could be coming from a very unlikely source, say scientists. As it turns out, the ques ...OCT 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
For people that suffer from diseases with no treatments, the outlook can be bleak. One such illness is Charcot-Marie-Too ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Crystallography Solves Unknown Structure of Novel Mosquito Toxin That Can Help Control ZikaWritten By: Jennifer EllisOCT 12, 2016Immunology
The key ingredient in the recipe that make staphylococcus and streptococcus infections so dangerous? Superantigen toxins ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 29, 2016Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health. Researchers have begun to look for novel ways to fight ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2016Neuroscience
A week ago, I wrote this article about PDE4B inhibitors to treat traumatic brain injury (TBI). This kind of inhibitor is ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJUN 21, 2016Videos
Our bodies have to use barriers to protect us from our environment at all times. In the gut mucosa, special cells reinfo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2016Microbiology
A new material has been created by researchers in Singapore that kills E. coli bacteria in 30 seconds. As antibiotic res ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 12, 2016Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, currently affecting ~ 1 million people in ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAY 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) is a crucial protein in the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Thought ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the wild, survival of the fittest for some plants and animals mean sporting lethal venoms and toxins to kill whatever ...MAY 13, 2016Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease gets most of the press for neurodegeneration, but it is not the only devastating neurodegenera ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAY 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time, scientist demonstrate an effective way to deliver drugs to the placenta – a feat that’s ...APR 19, 2016Videos
Crippling fear of snakes, called ophidiophobia, affects nearly a third of adult humans. This makes it the most commonly ...MAR 30, 2016Health & Medicine
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation, a result from an overexcited, mi ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 23, 2016Videos
In the wild, survival of the fittest for some plants and animals mean sporting lethal venoms and toxins to kill whatever ...JAN 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When x-ray radiation fails or when complete surgical removal is not possible, chemotherapy is the next best available op ...DEC 08, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have deployed a powerful new drug discovery technique to identify ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)OCT 29, 2015Microbiology
The problem with antibiotics is that bacteria become resistant. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urban ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 08, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new method of gene sequencing a strand of DNA’ ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
NOV 19, 2016
Microbiology
Rising antibiotic resistance is considered a major public health threat; one that the United Nations has taken notice of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2016
Immunology
Could it be possible to predict the onset of type 1 diabetes before symptoms appear? If so, what kind of benefits would
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 06, 2016
Microbiology
Humans live in a symobiotic relationship with gut microbes, many of which inhabit our gastrointestinal tract. Some of th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2016
Microbiology
Electron microscopy is a powerful tool that produces images of things magnified up to ten million times, but the images
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
New antibiotics against superbugs could be coming from a very unlikely source, say scientists. As it turns out, the ques
...
OCT 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
For people that suffer from diseases with no treatments, the outlook can be bleak. One such illness is Charcot-Marie-Too
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Crystallography Solves Unknown Structure of Novel Mosquito Toxin That Can Help Control Zika
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
OCT 12, 2016
Immunology
The key ingredient in the recipe that make staphylococcus and streptococcus infections so dangerous? Superantigen toxins
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 29, 2016
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health. Researchers have begun to look for novel ways to fight
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2016
Neuroscience
A week ago, I wrote this article about PDE4B inhibitors to treat traumatic brain injury (TBI). This kind of inhibitor is
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JUN 21, 2016
Videos
Our bodies have to use barriers to protect us from our environment at all times. In the gut mucosa, special cells reinfo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2016
Microbiology
A new material has been created by researchers in Singapore that kills E. coli bacteria in 30 seconds. As antibiotic res
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2016
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, currently affecting ~ 1 million people in
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAY 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) is a crucial protein in the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Thought
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the wild, survival of the fittest for some plants and animals mean sporting lethal venoms and toxins to kill whatever
...
MAY 13, 2016
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease gets most of the press for neurodegeneration, but it is not the only devastating neurodegenera
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAY 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time, scientist demonstrate an effective way to deliver drugs to the placenta – a feat that’s
...
APR 19, 2016
Videos
Crippling fear of snakes, called ophidiophobia, affects nearly a third of adult humans. This makes it the most commonly
...
MAR 30, 2016
Health & Medicine
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation, a result from an overexcited, mi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 23, 2016
Videos
In the wild, survival of the fittest for some plants and animals mean sporting lethal venoms and toxins to kill whatever
...
JAN 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When x-ray radiation fails or when complete surgical removal is not possible, chemotherapy is the next best available op
...
DEC 08, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have deployed a powerful new drug discovery technique to identify
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 29, 2015
Microbiology
The problem with antibiotics is that bacteria become resistant. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urban
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 08, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new method of gene sequencing a strand of DNA’
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider