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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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NOV 24, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Children that suffer from epidermolysis bullosa, sometimes called butterfly children because of their fragile skin, face ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work by scientists at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute has found that a familiar and beloved spice ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2017Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR and high-speed atomic force microscopy combine to form a powerful, rapid way to screen the genome.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2017Microbiology
A prion is an infectious agent responsible for several neurodegenerative diseases including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (C ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 21, 2017Cardiology
A common ingredient in cancer drugs could also be used to treat hypertension, or high blood pressure. From Georgetown Un ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 21, 2017Immunology
A new discovery of how specialized immune cells carry out their last resort effort to kill pathogens could help scientis ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 21, 2017Technology
Foldit is a computer game that uses human ingenuity and "problem-solving intuition" to explore the behaviors of proteins ...Written By: Julia TraversNOV 20, 2017Cannabis Sciences
Your body has its own built-in cannabis system.Written By: Loren DeVitoNOV 20, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat waves can be very dangerous, especially to vulnerable groups of the population. They are also on the rise worldwide ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2017Cardiology
UNC Chapel Hill lead researcher Jonathan Schisler, PhD, lost both of his grandfathers to heart disease, and now he is de ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 20, 2017Videos
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, known as CTE, is a constant focus for NFL players. The repeated blows to the head that ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 19, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Here's a test thatdetects the presence of abnormal proteins indicative of a deadly prion disease known as Creutzfeldt-Ja ...NOV 18, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
PSMA, currently used for successful in prostate cancer, is found to have potential utility for diagnostics and therapuet ...Written By: Courtney SchaalNOV 18, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists in Europe Use Genetically Modified Patient Stem Cells to Graft Whole Body SkinWritten By: Courtney SchaalNOV 18, 2017Immunology
Without the inflammasome, the immune response to invading pathogens would be severely flawed. This protein conglomerate ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 17, 2017Cardiology
Duchenne muscular dystrophy - a rare, genetic, neuromuscular disease that primarily affects males - leads to degeneratio ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 16, 2017Cancer
By targeting the endcaps of cancer cell chromosomes, researchers may have landed on a promising new therapy to treat the ...NOV 16, 2017Chemistry & Physics
American opioid crisis statistics. Credit: Socrata The United States is grappling with one of the worst-ever drug ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 15, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
This work could have an impact on how wound repair is approached, for example the times that surgeries are performed.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2017Cardiology
For the first time, scientists have produced the “cardiac proteome,” a map of all of the tens of thousands o ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 14, 2017Videos
If you're hoping to maximize your protein intake, think twice before slurping down some raw eggs. While it's true that a ...NOV 14, 2017Cardiology
Every year, millions of people arrive at a hospital’s emergency department complaining of chest pain, but a small ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 14, 2017Chemistry & Physics
The origin of life, formally known as abiogenesis, is the natural process by which first replicating life form arises fr ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 13, 2017Cancer
Surgical removal of the tumor remains one of the most effective lines of defense for cancer patients. However, among oth ...
NOV 24, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Children that suffer from epidermolysis bullosa, sometimes called butterfly children because of their fragile skin, face
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work by scientists at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute has found that a familiar and beloved spice
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR and high-speed atomic force microscopy combine to form a powerful, rapid way to screen the genome.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2017
Microbiology
A prion is an infectious agent responsible for several neurodegenerative diseases including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (C
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 21, 2017
Cardiology
A common ingredient in cancer drugs could also be used to treat hypertension, or high blood pressure. From Georgetown Un
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 21, 2017
Immunology
A new discovery of how specialized immune cells carry out their last resort effort to kill pathogens could help scientis
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 21, 2017
Technology
Foldit is a computer game that uses human ingenuity and "problem-solving intuition" to explore the behaviors of proteins
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 20, 2017
Cannabis Sciences
Your body has its own built-in cannabis system.
Written By:
Loren DeVito
NOV 20, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat waves can be very dangerous, especially to vulnerable groups of the population. They are also on the rise worldwide
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2017
Cardiology
UNC Chapel Hill lead researcher Jonathan Schisler, PhD, lost both of his grandfathers to heart disease, and now he is de
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 20, 2017
Videos
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, known as CTE, is a constant focus for NFL players. The repeated blows to the head that
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 19, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Here's a test thatdetects the presence of abnormal proteins indicative of a deadly prion disease known as Creutzfeldt-Ja
...
NOV 18, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
PSMA, currently used for successful in prostate cancer, is found to have potential utility for diagnostics and therapuet
...
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 18, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists in Europe Use Genetically Modified Patient Stem Cells to Graft Whole Body Skin
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 18, 2017
Immunology
Without the inflammasome, the immune response to invading pathogens would be severely flawed. This protein conglomerate
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 17, 2017
Cardiology
Duchenne muscular dystrophy - a rare, genetic, neuromuscular disease that primarily affects males - leads to degeneratio
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 16, 2017
Cancer
By targeting the endcaps of cancer cell chromosomes, researchers may have landed on a promising new therapy to treat the
...
NOV 16, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
American opioid crisis statistics. Credit: Socrata The United States is grappling with one of the worst-ever drug
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 15, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
This work could have an impact on how wound repair is approached, for example the times that surgeries are performed.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2017
Cardiology
For the first time, scientists have produced the “cardiac proteome,” a map of all of the tens of thousands o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 14, 2017
Videos
If you're hoping to maximize your protein intake, think twice before slurping down some raw eggs. While it's true that a
...
NOV 14, 2017
Cardiology
Every year, millions of people arrive at a hospital’s emergency department complaining of chest pain, but a small
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 14, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The origin of life, formally known as abiogenesis, is the natural process by which first replicating life form arises fr
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 13, 2017
Cancer
Surgical removal of the tumor remains one of the most effective lines of defense for cancer patients. However, among oth
...