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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 11, 2023
Microbiology
Two natural products can prevent SARS-CoV-2 from binding to the ACE2 receptor and infecting human cells.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 08, 2023
Immunology
The immune system can mount crucial defenses when our bodies are threatened by pathogens. But those defenses have to be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2023
Health & Medicine
One lab drops two papers touting the clearance of protein aggregation in ALS
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
FEB 07, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), malaria is an illness caused by Plasmodium parasites which are spread
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
FEB 06, 2023
Health & Medicine
Kidney failure has a significant impact on public health; about 750,000 Americans and 2 million people around the world
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 05, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Astrocytes are named for their star shape, and these cells, once thought to be supporting players, are now being appreci
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2023
Health & Medicine
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 continues to cause infections as it mutates into new variants. While the vaccines that are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2023
Health & Medicine
Research has suggested that young blood can have a regenerative influence on older bodies; muscles, including the heart,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
When a gene is active, cellular machinery transcribes that gene into a molecule called messenger RNA. A variety of modif
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2023
Immunology
Histotripsy is a technique that uses sound waves to rip tumors apart, without even breaking the skin. The non-invasive w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2023
Microbiology
Even after decades of research, the cause of the most common form of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, is unclear. Evidence
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2023
Plants & Animals
Bead mill homogenization is a fast technology for automatically preparing a wide variety of samples – up to 96 in
...
Sponsored By:
PerkinElmer
JAN 30, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis has a longstanding history and notoriety for its multi-faceted economic and medicinal uses. Hemp has historical
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
JAN 30, 2023
Neuroscience
Normally, the measles virus only infects immune and epithelial cells, leaving cells of the nervous system alone. But mea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) gave Medical University of South Carolina researchers $3.7 million to study
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JAN 29, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Albicidin is a peptide antibiotic that works as a DNA gyrase inhibitor with bactericidal activity towards fluoroquinolon
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
JAN 28, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Alzheimer's is a disease that impairs the brain's ability to carry out simple tasks and even causes dementia. De
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
JAN 28, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Levodopa, a drug used to increase dopamine levels in people with Parkinson’s disease, may also reverse the effects
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 27, 2023
Cancer
With estimates of over 150,000 new cases and over 50,000 deaths in 2022, colorectal cancer (CRC) remains one of the top
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JAN 26, 2023
Neuroscience
Tourette syndrome (TS) is a nervous system disorder that causes sudden movements, twitches, or sounds that are repeated.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2023
Immunology
HIV-1 is tenacious. It forms reservoirs that establish a life-long presence in the body - cells that are HIV-infected bu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Venomous snakes, which include cobras, vipers, and rattlesnakes, can pose a significant danger to humans. In the Un
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
JAN 23, 2023
Neuroscience
By controling the activity of an enzyme called CHIP, three proteins regulate tau. Now the genes for these three trouble
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
JAN 22, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Epigenetics refers to features of the genome that can affect gene expression, but don't alter the nucleotide sequence of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch