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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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JUN 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Are you someone who always has the unfortunate luck to catch whatever cold virus that’s going around? Well, scient ...JUN 19, 2017Health & Medicine
Immune cells, like all cells of the human body, come from less-specific ancestor cells, sometimes called progenitor cell ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 16, 2017Videos
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90 percent of cancer deaths result from metastasis; this work may unlock the mystery of how to stop it.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2017Immunology
Expression of a gene called gp96 has been discovered as vital for the training of T cells, educating these immune fighte ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 14, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America thinks the disease is more common than thought. New work has revealed more a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 14, 2017Immunology
Diagnostic tests for a rare autoimmune disease called anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) are unreliable, and trea ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 14, 2017Cardiology
Environmental and lifestyle factors are key in the development of heart disease, a malady that affects a monumental amou ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 14, 2017Cancer
A tumor growing in the brain can alter immune activities that may be detectable up to five years before symptoms manifes ...JUN 14, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Ever got lost the woods? There are a few tricks that can help you find your way, for example the position of the sun in ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUN 14, 2017Microbiology
An international team of researchers engineered a fungus to kill mosquitoes. Mosquitoes spread serious human dise ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 13, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
A monoclonal antibody-based drug called SYN0012 is currently being investigated in human clinical trials for the ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 12, 2017Earth & The Environment
The possibility of using the byproducts of ethanol to produce cattle feed has gained recent headway. A new study conduct ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 12, 2017Microbiology
Scientists with the US DOE Joint Genome Institute have released a wealth of genetic data.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 12, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are taking a new approach in the fight against the flu. They have engineered a protein that acts to stop the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 12, 2017Immunology
Johns Hopkins scientists have a new tool against cancer, and it’s a thousand times smaller than a human hai ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 11, 2017Microbiology
Cyanobacteria are everywhere in our environment, and researchers have now learned more about them, and a special microma ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2017Cancer
Multiple recent studies found adverse links between alcohol consumption and breast cancer. Now a new study may have iden ...JUN 09, 2017Cardiology
A natural sugar called trehalose reduces plaques associated with atherosclerosis and heart disease by improving t ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 09, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New trial involving stem cells to treat a gain of function mutation cured some patients, but killed others.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 09, 2017Videos
It's hard enough having cancer, going through treatment without then having to endure painful swelling in the legs, hand ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 08, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers from the University College London announced the first blood biomarker that can predict and track the progre ...JUN 07, 2017Immunology
An additional insulin injection three hours after eating seems to provide a protective effect for type 1 diabetics with ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 06, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Molecular motors are molecule-sized machines that are capable of transforming an energy source (chemical, light, heat, e ...Written By: Daniel Duan
JUN 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Are you someone who always has the unfortunate luck to catch whatever cold virus that’s going around? Well, scient
...
JUN 19, 2017
Health & Medicine
Immune cells, like all cells of the human body, come from less-specific ancestor cells, sometimes called progenitor cell
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 16, 2017
Videos
Life got you down and the tears won't stop coming? Why do we cry, and what is the science behind it? Why are humans the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
90 percent of cancer deaths result from metastasis; this work may unlock the mystery of how to stop it.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2017
Immunology
Expression of a gene called gp96 has been discovered as vital for the training of T cells, educating these immune fighte
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 14, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America thinks the disease is more common than thought. New work has revealed more a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 14, 2017
Immunology
Diagnostic tests for a rare autoimmune disease called anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) are unreliable, and trea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 14, 2017
Cardiology
Environmental and lifestyle factors are key in the development of heart disease, a malady that affects a monumental amou
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 14, 2017
Cancer
A tumor growing in the brain can alter immune activities that may be detectable up to five years before symptoms manifes
...
JUN 14, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Ever got lost the woods? There are a few tricks that can help you find your way, for example the position of the sun in
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUN 14, 2017
Microbiology
An international team of researchers engineered a fungus to kill mosquitoes. Mosquitoes spread serious human dise
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 13, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
A monoclonal antibody-based drug called SYN0012 is currently being investigated in human clinical trials for the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 12, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The possibility of using the byproducts of ethanol to produce cattle feed has gained recent headway. A new study conduct
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 12, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists with the US DOE Joint Genome Institute have released a wealth of genetic data.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are taking a new approach in the fight against the flu. They have engineered a protein that acts to stop the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2017
Immunology
Johns Hopkins scientists have a new tool against cancer, and it’s a thousand times smaller than a human hai
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 11, 2017
Microbiology
Cyanobacteria are everywhere in our environment, and researchers have now learned more about them, and a special microma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2017
Cancer
Multiple recent studies found adverse links between alcohol consumption and breast cancer. Now a new study may have iden
...
JUN 09, 2017
Cardiology
A natural sugar called trehalose reduces plaques associated with atherosclerosis and heart disease by improving t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 09, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New trial involving stem cells to treat a gain of function mutation cured some patients, but killed others.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2017
Videos
It's hard enough having cancer, going through treatment without then having to endure painful swelling in the legs, hand
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 08, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers from the University College London announced the first blood biomarker that can predict and track the progre
...
JUN 07, 2017
Immunology
An additional insulin injection three hours after eating seems to provide a protective effect for type 1 diabetics with
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 06, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Molecular motors are molecule-sized machines that are capable of transforming an energy source (chemical, light, heat, e
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan