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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 10, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
After nearly a decade of searching, scientists from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found a molecule that k ...OCT 10, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
We’ve all experienced the annoying Band-Aid that won’t stay on when wet. And when it comes to bigger cuts an ...OCT 09, 2017Microbiology
The influenza viruses that cause flu in people have high rates of mutation that allows them to evolve quickly, and scien ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 08, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Chromosomes have to be organized through a process called loop extrusion, and scientists have found the motor driving th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 08, 2017Videos
In 2014, a woman in Taiwan lost her eyesight completely due to a parasitic infection caused by leaving in her contacts f ...OCT 07, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael Young have been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The most common cancer of the blood is lymphoma, but that designation encompasses a wide range of illnesses.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 06, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a new way to deliver CRISPR that doesn't require a virus, and that worked better than CRISPR-Cas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 06, 2017Chemistry & Physics
The lasso peptide Benenodin-1. Credit: RCSB The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honored three of the most esteemed scienti ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 05, 2017Videos
In this short video from the Koch Institute at MIT, Erik Dreaden, a postdoctoral researcher, discusses his award-winning ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2017Microbiology
An international team of researchers has solved a long-standing microbial mystery; the knowledge may help fight antibiot ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have learned more about the mechanisms behind our body's natural abilities to repair small wounds.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2017Microbiology
Researchers have been looking for ways to image brain activity in animals that are not only alive but behaving normally ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2017Cancer
A drug commonly used to treat symptoms of Parkinson’s disease may have the capacity to stop pancreatic tumor cells ...OCT 02, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Instead of the usual hour-long wait for routine lab results, a new blood test could allow doctors to diagnose a heart at ...OCT 01, 2017Microbiology
Research has found a backup plan that cells use when the immune response is being evaded by pathogenic bacteria.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Molecular assembling arm swivels back and forth to add pieces stereoselectively. Credit: Kassem et al. 2017/Nature Move ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 29, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Our DNA contains thousands of genes, and it is critical that the correct genes are expressed in the right places at the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have managed control important cellular process called clathrin-mediated endocytosis, which may aid drug del ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2017Cancer
For people who love potatoes, why not venture beyond the typical Idaho Russets or the Yukon Golds, and go for purple ins ...SEP 29, 2017Microbiology
Algae like Chlamydomonas use sunlight to perform photosynthesis, that’s old news. New research by Oliver Bäum ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 27, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Our body is made up of many different kinds of cells, and inside each cell are organelles, tiny machines that help carry ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 26, 2017Neuroscience
Brain cancer, in all of its forms, is a highly aggressive form of the disease, that has proven difficult to access and t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 26, 2017Immunology
With no FDA-approved vaccines or antiviral drugs to treat Ebola, those affected rely on the immune system to save them f ...Written By: Kara Marker
OCT 10, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
After nearly a decade of searching, scientists from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found a molecule that k
...
OCT 10, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
We’ve all experienced the annoying Band-Aid that won’t stay on when wet. And when it comes to bigger cuts an
...
OCT 09, 2017
Microbiology
The influenza viruses that cause flu in people have high rates of mutation that allows them to evolve quickly, and scien
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 08, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chromosomes have to be organized through a process called loop extrusion, and scientists have found the motor driving th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 08, 2017
Videos
In 2014, a woman in Taiwan lost her eyesight completely due to a parasitic infection caused by leaving in her contacts f
...
OCT 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael Young have been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The most common cancer of the blood is lymphoma, but that designation encompasses a wide range of illnesses.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 06, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a new way to deliver CRISPR that doesn't require a virus, and that worked better than CRISPR-Cas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 06, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The lasso peptide Benenodin-1. Credit: RCSB The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honored three of the most esteemed scienti
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 05, 2017
Videos
In this short video from the Koch Institute at MIT, Erik Dreaden, a postdoctoral researcher, discusses his award-winning
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2017
Microbiology
An international team of researchers has solved a long-standing microbial mystery; the knowledge may help fight antibiot
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have learned more about the mechanisms behind our body's natural abilities to repair small wounds.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers have been looking for ways to image brain activity in animals that are not only alive but behaving normally
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2017
Cancer
A drug commonly used to treat symptoms of Parkinson’s disease may have the capacity to stop pancreatic tumor cells
...
OCT 02, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Instead of the usual hour-long wait for routine lab results, a new blood test could allow doctors to diagnose a heart at
...
OCT 01, 2017
Microbiology
Research has found a backup plan that cells use when the immune response is being evaded by pathogenic bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Molecular assembling arm swivels back and forth to add pieces stereoselectively. Credit: Kassem et al. 2017/Nature Move
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 29, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our DNA contains thousands of genes, and it is critical that the correct genes are expressed in the right places at the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have managed control important cellular process called clathrin-mediated endocytosis, which may aid drug del
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2017
Cancer
For people who love potatoes, why not venture beyond the typical Idaho Russets or the Yukon Golds, and go for purple ins
...
SEP 29, 2017
Microbiology
Algae like Chlamydomonas use sunlight to perform photosynthesis, that’s old news. New research by Oliver Bäum
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 27, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our body is made up of many different kinds of cells, and inside each cell are organelles, tiny machines that help carry
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2017
Neuroscience
Brain cancer, in all of its forms, is a highly aggressive form of the disease, that has proven difficult to access and t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 26, 2017
Immunology
With no FDA-approved vaccines or antiviral drugs to treat Ebola, those affected rely on the immune system to save them f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker