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Protein
Proteins: are essential nutrients for the human body. They are one of the building blocks of body tissue and can also serve as a fuel source. As a fuel, proteins provide as much energy density as carbohydrates: 4 kcal per gram; in contrast, lipids provide 9 kcal per gram.
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OCT 05, 2018Videos
Site-directed mutagenesis is a common tool in the molecular laboratory. But someone had to pioneer it first.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2018Cancer
As cancer is one of the most challenging diseases in our world, many efforts have been put into researching new ways for ...Written By: Heba El-wassefOCT 04, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Small cell cancers often have poor prognoses.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2018Microbiology
Artificial sweeteners have been used in foods for decades. While they seem safe for us, they may not be for bacteria.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
One cell meant a very different outcome for a patient that was the recipient of a cutting-edge cancer therapy.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2018Immunology
Two laureates receive Nobel Prize for their work regarding immune checkpoint therapyWritten By: Nicholas BreehlOCT 03, 2018Genetics & Genomics
You may not have heard of the groundcherry, but scientists are eager to get people to try the newly-modified exotic frui ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2018Immunology
A team of researchers from Duke Human Vaccine Institute has recently published their work regarding the interplay of nat ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlOCT 02, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
For many, Alzheimer's disease is just a fact of old age; around 50 percent of people that live to age 85 will get the di ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Cells have to carry around a huge amount of genetic material, and usually that DNA is about 1000 times longer than the c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2018Microbiology
It's estimated that 780 million people worldwide don't have access to clean drinking water.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2018Neuroscience
Dementia is a scary diagnosis, but what many people don't realize is that dementia is a general term that can refer ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 28, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Instead of analyzing fixed, treated cells, researchers can now peek inside of live cells that haven't been changed by re ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 27, 2018Microbiology
Some types of bacteria create tiny versions of themselves that cannot reproduce - miniature spheres lacking chromosomal ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 27, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Tissue engineering is an emerging field of biomedical science that aims to improve or replace diseased tissues using bio ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 26, 2018Immunology
Scientists from a biotechnology corporation, Genentech, have altered a protein that blocks a signaling pathway in gram-n ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlSEP 26, 2018Microbiology
Viruses don't only infect animals. Some, called bacteriophages, can infect bacteria.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 26, 2018Neuroscience
Solanezumab: this simple name evokes at the same time one of the greatest hopes and the worst disillusions for Alzheimer ...SEP 25, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at Caltech have taken an interesting approach to synthetic biology.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 24, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) have shown an atomic-level structure of a protein that may serve as a ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 22, 2018Videos
Once written off as junk, it was suggested that some regions of the genome that don't code for protein act as regulators ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2018Immunology
Pregnancies during allergy season may provide protection against allergy development in childrenWritten By: Nicholas BreehlSEP 20, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
According to the latest research published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers discovered that chemotherap ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 20, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Not all liquids mix, like oil and water; the phenomenon is called liquid-liquid phase separation. We're learning more ab ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2018
Videos
Site-directed mutagenesis is a common tool in the molecular laboratory. But someone had to pioneer it first.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2018
Cancer
As cancer is one of the most challenging diseases in our world, many efforts have been put into researching new ways for
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
OCT 04, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Small cell cancers often have poor prognoses.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2018
Microbiology
Artificial sweeteners have been used in foods for decades. While they seem safe for us, they may not be for bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
One cell meant a very different outcome for a patient that was the recipient of a cutting-edge cancer therapy.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2018
Immunology
Two laureates receive Nobel Prize for their work regarding immune checkpoint therapy
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
OCT 03, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
You may not have heard of the groundcherry, but scientists are eager to get people to try the newly-modified exotic frui
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2018
Immunology
A team of researchers from Duke Human Vaccine Institute has recently published their work regarding the interplay of nat
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
OCT 02, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
For many, Alzheimer's disease is just a fact of old age; around 50 percent of people that live to age 85 will get the di
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Cells have to carry around a huge amount of genetic material, and usually that DNA is about 1000 times longer than the c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2018
Microbiology
It's estimated that 780 million people worldwide don't have access to clean drinking water.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2018
Neuroscience
Dementia is a scary diagnosis, but what many people don't realize is that dementia is a general term that can refer
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 28, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Instead of analyzing fixed, treated cells, researchers can now peek inside of live cells that haven't been changed by re
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 27, 2018
Microbiology
Some types of bacteria create tiny versions of themselves that cannot reproduce - miniature spheres lacking chromosomal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 27, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Tissue engineering is an emerging field of biomedical science that aims to improve or replace diseased tissues using bio
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 26, 2018
Immunology
Scientists from a biotechnology corporation, Genentech, have altered a protein that blocks a signaling pathway in gram-n
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
SEP 26, 2018
Microbiology
Viruses don't only infect animals. Some, called bacteriophages, can infect bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2018
Neuroscience
Solanezumab: this simple name evokes at the same time one of the greatest hopes and the worst disillusions for Alzheimer
...
SEP 25, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at Caltech have taken an interesting approach to synthetic biology.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) have shown an atomic-level structure of a protein that may serve as a
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 22, 2018
Videos
Once written off as junk, it was suggested that some regions of the genome that don't code for protein act as regulators
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2018
Immunology
Pregnancies during allergy season may provide protection against allergy development in children
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
SEP 20, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
According to the latest research published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers discovered that chemotherap
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 20, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Not all liquids mix, like oil and water; the phenomenon is called liquid-liquid phase separation. We're learning more ab
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch