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Phosphorylation
Phosphorylation is a common activity in biology. One of the first steps of the breakdown of glucose is the phosphorylation of glucose. In eukaryotes, protein phosphorylation was found to be one of the most common post-translational modifications.
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MAR 25, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The human brain contains everything we learn and all of the memories from our lives; the nerve cells in the brain and th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 15, 2017Neuroscience
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First detected by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, there are strange droplets in the cytoplasm of cells that are not well ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 12, 2016Cardiology
Scientists are unraveling the molecular mechanisms behind dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), the most common inherited diseas ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 19, 2016Immunology
Yersinia pestis, the bacterial species responsible for numerous and deadly outbreaks of plague throughout human history, ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The most intricate man-made origami structure may pale in comparison to the body’s natural origamis: 3-dimenstiona ...JUL 20, 2016Neuroscience
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Ever had jet-lag? This woe of long-distance travelers strikes when your circadian rhythm (or, biological clock) is ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 06, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Trypanosoma brucei is a complex of protozoan parasites that cause a disease known as African sleeping sickness. There ar ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 17, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
The thought of aging is a scary one for many of us. If you could use science to turn back the hands of time, wouldn&rsqu ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 16, 2015Cancer
Pancreatic cancer stem cells (PancSCs) are virtually addicted to oxygen-based metabolism, and could be “suffocated ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In 2013, University at Buffalo researchers published a paper showing how slowing down protein synthesis can improve myel ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderNOV 05, 2014Neuroscience
Researchers from the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have created what they Alz ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
MAR 25, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The human brain contains everything we learn and all of the memories from our lives; the nerve cells in the brain and th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 15, 2017
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is well known for its devastating effect on memory and cognition. People who deal with it
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 24, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A modification to DNA called methylation has been connected to obesity. It is known that many changes are made to genes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2017
Microbiology
Spoiler alert, you’re infected with Epstein-Barr virus. Well, you’re probably infected - nearly 98% of peopl
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 25, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
In every cell, the right genes have to be turned on or off and carefully controlled in order to carry out cellular funct
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 13, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Organisms depend on chemical cascades to perform the many life-sustaining functions of cells. Those cascades depend on p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
First detected by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, there are strange droplets in the cytoplasm of cells that are not well
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 12, 2016
Cardiology
Scientists are unraveling the molecular mechanisms behind dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), the most common inherited diseas
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 19, 2016
Immunology
Yersinia pestis, the bacterial species responsible for numerous and deadly outbreaks of plague throughout human history,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The most intricate man-made origami structure may pale in comparison to the body’s natural origamis: 3-dimenstiona
...
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
MAR 31, 2016
Health & Medicine
There’s a reason mitochondria are called the “powerhouse of the cell.” They generate the majority of t
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 26, 2015
Cardiology
Growth of heart tissue is beneficial when the human body is young and growing. Heart expansion that occurs once the hear
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 11, 2015
Microbiology
Ever had jet-lag? This woe of long-distance travelers strikes when your circadian rhythm (or, biological clock) is
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 06, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Trypanosoma brucei is a complex of protozoan parasites that cause a disease known as African sleeping sickness. There ar
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 17, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
The thought of aging is a scary one for many of us. If you could use science to turn back the hands of time, wouldn&rsqu
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 16, 2015
Cancer
Pancreatic cancer stem cells (PancSCs) are virtually addicted to oxygen-based metabolism, and could be “suffocated
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In 2013, University at Buffalo researchers published a paper showing how slowing down protein synthesis can improve myel
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
NOV 05, 2014
Neuroscience
Researchers from the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have created what they Alz
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider