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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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FEB 14, 2017Cardiology
There is a new algorithm-based diagnostic test on the table for a dangerous heart condition, and doctors could apply it ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Scientists have identified a substance in oil that’s to blame for the cardiotoxicity seen in fish exposed to crude ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 14, 2017Videos
It's Valentine's Day and it's all about the chemistry right? Whether you're single or paired up, it's still about the ch ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 13, 2017Genetics & Genomics
An international team of scientists has discovered a gene involved in DNA replication that when mutated has profound eff ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 12, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Juvenile Batten disease is a progressive disease that causes neurological dysfunction, resulting in seizures, changes in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 12, 2017Cancer
It’s tragically ironic that in medicine, sometimes the cure is almost as harmful as the poison. This is the case f ...FEB 11, 2017Microbiology
It is now well established that the vast community of microbes that resides in the gastrointestinal tract, the microbiom ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 11, 2017Cancer
Many adults are plagued with hardened skin – calluses – on the soles of their feet and on the palms of their ...FEB 10, 2017Microbiology
Image Credit: Invisiverse Some bacteria can already do it—generate electric current, that is—and those micro ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioFEB 09, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at KU Leuven in Belgium and King's College London have found more evidence for the role and importance o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 09, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Some malignant tumors found in brain cancer patients or in some types of leukemia have specific mutations in the IDH1 or ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 09, 2017Cardiology
Sometimes a heart attack leads to heart failure later in life, and sometimes it doesn’t. Scientists are concentrat ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 08, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
When the molecular components of a cell are under study, subcellular nanomachines are often analyzed in isolation from t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 08, 2017Immunology
A specialized form of immune B cells exist in the human spleen to protect the body from specific types of bacteria. But ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 08, 2017Cardiology
A giant x-ray microscope from the UK national synchrotron facility revealed the structure and dynamics of a protein call ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 07, 2017Plants & Animals
Paleontologists are always looking for dinosaur fossils to research, and a recent finding from the Yunnan Province in Ch ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 06, 2017Microbiology
JUPITER, FL – February 6, 2017 – The most frightening aspect of Zika virus has been its ability to produce s ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)FEB 06, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
For several years, scientists have known that a protein called activity-dependent neuroprotective protein, ADNP, is muta ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 06, 2017Cardiology
Researchers have developed a new way to measure the electrical impulses of beating cardiac cells. The technique, which i ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 05, 2017Videos
A dubious claim was made by researchers - they had retrieved dinosaur collagen from an 80-million-year-old sample; that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 04, 2017Videos
For some people, biting into a perfect sun-ripened peach can lead to strange, itchy sensations in the mouth and throat. ...FEB 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have made another incredible advancement in their study of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2017Cancer
Scientists on the quest to offer more hope for glioblastoma patients may have found a way to stop the growth of the dead ...FEB 03, 2017Microbiology
New research out of the Baylor College of Medicine establishes a link between gut microbes and hypertension. That’ ...Written By: Kerry Evans
FEB 14, 2017
Cardiology
There is a new algorithm-based diagnostic test on the table for a dangerous heart condition, and doctors could apply it
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Scientists have identified a substance in oil that’s to blame for the cardiotoxicity seen in fish exposed to crude
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 14, 2017
Videos
It's Valentine's Day and it's all about the chemistry right? Whether you're single or paired up, it's still about the ch
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 13, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
An international team of scientists has discovered a gene involved in DNA replication that when mutated has profound eff
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 12, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Juvenile Batten disease is a progressive disease that causes neurological dysfunction, resulting in seizures, changes in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 12, 2017
Cancer
It’s tragically ironic that in medicine, sometimes the cure is almost as harmful as the poison. This is the case f
...
FEB 11, 2017
Microbiology
It is now well established that the vast community of microbes that resides in the gastrointestinal tract, the microbiom
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 11, 2017
Cancer
Many adults are plagued with hardened skin – calluses – on the soles of their feet and on the palms of their
...
FEB 10, 2017
Microbiology
Image Credit: Invisiverse Some bacteria can already do it—generate electric current, that is—and those micro
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
FEB 09, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at KU Leuven in Belgium and King's College London have found more evidence for the role and importance o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 09, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Some malignant tumors found in brain cancer patients or in some types of leukemia have specific mutations in the IDH1 or
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 09, 2017
Cardiology
Sometimes a heart attack leads to heart failure later in life, and sometimes it doesn’t. Scientists are concentrat
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 08, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
When the molecular components of a cell are under study, subcellular nanomachines are often analyzed in isolation from t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 08, 2017
Immunology
A specialized form of immune B cells exist in the human spleen to protect the body from specific types of bacteria. But
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 08, 2017
Cardiology
A giant x-ray microscope from the UK national synchrotron facility revealed the structure and dynamics of a protein call
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 07, 2017
Plants & Animals
Paleontologists are always looking for dinosaur fossils to research, and a recent finding from the Yunnan Province in Ch
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 06, 2017
Microbiology
JUPITER, FL – February 6, 2017 – The most frightening aspect of Zika virus has been its ability to produce s
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
FEB 06, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
For several years, scientists have known that a protein called activity-dependent neuroprotective protein, ADNP, is muta
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 06, 2017
Cardiology
Researchers have developed a new way to measure the electrical impulses of beating cardiac cells. The technique, which i
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 05, 2017
Videos
A dubious claim was made by researchers - they had retrieved dinosaur collagen from an 80-million-year-old sample; that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2017
Videos
For some people, biting into a perfect sun-ripened peach can lead to strange, itchy sensations in the mouth and throat.
...
FEB 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have made another incredible advancement in their study of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2017
Cancer
Scientists on the quest to offer more hope for glioblastoma patients may have found a way to stop the growth of the dead
...
FEB 03, 2017
Microbiology
New research out of the Baylor College of Medicine establishes a link between gut microbes and hypertension. That’
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans