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Protein Digestion
Protein Digestion: occurs in the stomach and duodenum in which 3 main enzymes, pepsin secreted by the stomach and trypsin and chymotrypsin secreted by the pancreas, break down food proteins into polypeptides that are then broken down by various exopeptidases and dipeptidases into amino acids.
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JUL 03, 2015Neuroscience
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A new study conducted by Dr. Jonas F. Ludvigsson of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and published in JAMA ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 30, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells, which have the prospect of turning into any kind of cell, offer the alluring possibility of generating new t ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 22, 2015Cancer
A new research study has shown that pancreatic cancer cells can be coaxed to revert back toward normal cells by introduc ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 25, 2015Cancer
Colon cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In spite of research into the genetic muta ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 19, 2015Cancer
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that when a certain aggressive leukemia is cau ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 13, 2015Neuroscience
Queensland scientists have found that non-invasive ultrasound technology can be used to treat Alzheimer's disease and re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 13, 2015Chemistry & Physics
Researchers in Japan have created a protein that fluoresces and assembles into large crystals when placed inside a livin ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 23, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
It's impossible to overstate the importance of having a healthy liver, but I'd be hard-pressed to extol the virtues of t ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 12, 2014Microbiology
It's tough to be a microbe. Microbes often live in extreme environments and feed on waste materials-processing them in w ...
JUL 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Are the very systems that are supposed to dispose of cellular waste making it worse? A study at Yale University in New H
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 20, 2015
Plants & Animals
We've all seen the adorable panda pictures of these cuddly black and white bears lazing around chewing on bamboo. Just l
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 12, 2015
Neuroscience
A new study conducted by Dr. Jonas F. Ludvigsson of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and published in JAMA
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 30, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells, which have the prospect of turning into any kind of cell, offer the alluring possibility of generating new t
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 22, 2015
Cancer
A new research study has shown that pancreatic cancer cells can be coaxed to revert back toward normal cells by introduc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 25, 2015
Cancer
Colon cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In spite of research into the genetic muta
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 19, 2015
Cancer
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that when a certain aggressive leukemia is cau
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
Queensland scientists have found that non-invasive ultrasound technology can be used to treat Alzheimer's disease and re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers in Japan have created a protein that fluoresces and assembles into large crystals when placed inside a livin
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 23, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
It's impossible to overstate the importance of having a healthy liver, but I'd be hard-pressed to extol the virtues of t
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 12, 2014
Microbiology
It's tough to be a microbe. Microbes often live in extreme environments and feed on waste materials-processing them in w
...