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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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DEC 27, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
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A famous Christmas song shouts out, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” but is it really? Holid ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 14, 2017Neuroscience
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Spurred by previous results involving repurposed drugs, researchers wanted to test whether a cancer drug can help patien ...DEC 12, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers develop method to screen drug candidates for precision based cystic fibrosis therapyWritten By: Courtney SchaalDEC 12, 2017Cancer
Time and time again, cancer has proven to be a most complex and formidable enemy. In many instances, cancer has outwitte ...DEC 12, 2017Immunology
A certain type of T cells from the immune system is responsible for infiltrating cells infected by bacteria and viruses ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 11, 2017Genetics & Genomics
As we age and whenever tissue is damaged, cells divide and replace old ones. The DNA in the nucleus has to be accurately ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
various medicine chemistry tools
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
DEC 25, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Stem cells start out as a kind of blank slate; now scientists have found that heart cells can be generated from stem cel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2017
Cardiology
Instead of just adding more plant proteins to the diet, researchers suggest trading animal proteins for plant proteins.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 23, 2017
Immunology
Immune cells that travel from tissue to tissue need to be able to adapt to different tissues, including the high-acidity
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 22, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Zebrafish don't seem to have a lot in common with people, but they make an excellent research model.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A cheap and commonly used diabetes drug may also treat and prevent preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a medical condition tha
...
DEC 20, 2017
Neuroscience
While research is also ongoing into the causes of and treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD), there is also a rush
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 19, 2017
Cancer
One of the biggest surprise findings from the completion of the Human Genome Project was that only 1.5 percent of our ge
...
DEC 19, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Group resolves D4 dopamine receptor crystal structure for drug discovery
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
DEC 19, 2017
Neuroscience
Huntington's disease is a devastating neurobiological illness that happens at the molecular level in the brain. The
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 18, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have uncovered revealing new details about a mysterious class of proteins, and the work could help researche
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 17, 2017
Videos
There's a lot of buzz on the internet about how captive killer whales' collapse, but the same phenomenon happens in wild
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Microfilaments that are capable of conducting electricity, termed nanowires, were discovered in the bacterium Geobacter
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 17, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Brief overview of epigenetic therapeutics
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
DEC 15, 2017
Videos
The daily recommended protein serving is between 55-60 grams per day for a person of about 150 pounds. This amount can e
...
DEC 15, 2017
Health & Medicine
A famous Christmas song shouts out, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” but is it really? Holid
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 14, 2017
Neuroscience
There are two forms of diabetes that most people are familiar with, Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 is when a person is born w
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
There is a complicated relationship between stress and health; researchers have discovered a crucial link between stress
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 13, 2017
Cancer
Spurred by previous results involving repurposed drugs, researchers wanted to test whether a cancer drug can help patien
...
DEC 12, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers develop method to screen drug candidates for precision based cystic fibrosis therapy
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
DEC 12, 2017
Cancer
Time and time again, cancer has proven to be a most complex and formidable enemy. In many instances, cancer has outwitte
...
DEC 12, 2017
Immunology
A certain type of T cells from the immune system is responsible for infiltrating cells infected by bacteria and viruses
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 11, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
As we age and whenever tissue is damaged, cells divide and replace old ones. The DNA in the nucleus has to be accurately
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch