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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 05, 2016Microbiology
Microorganisms frequently attach to a surface and begin to grow into a colony called a biofilm in which cells stick to e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2016Cancer
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Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have found a critical link between all types of Parkinson’s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2016Cancer
Tiny non-coding RNA molecules are now being marshaled against breast cancer. In a recent report, scientists at the Massa ...SEP 30, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Our DNA uses messenger RNA or mRNA as the intermediary that directs cellular machinery to construct the many various pro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2016Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health. Researchers have begun to look for novel ways to fight ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 28, 2016Immunology
A diet high in fat from specific sources is uniquely responsible for contributing to intestinal cancer through promoting ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 28, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Every cell in our body contains DNA, and that genomic material is critical to our health. One threat to the double stran ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 28, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Image Credit: Noel Clark, University of Colorado LA JOLLA, CA – September 28, 2016 – A new study led by scie ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)SEP 28, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
About three to six percent of the population is fervently afraid of spiders. Just the thought of the hairy eight-legged ...SEP 27, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Cell Regeneration in Your Eyes Could Treat Retinal Blindness DiseasesWritten By: Jennifer EllisSEP 27, 2016Microbiology
Anthrax is commonly found in soil and can be ingested by animals. It is relatively rare for it to affect people but when ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells use proteins as placeholders or bookmarks that help the cells to pick up where they left off when gene expression ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2016Earth & The Environment
There is a hidden door behind the controversy of eating a vegetarian or vegan diet. Many people choose to be vegetarians ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, have shown that alterations in regul ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Most people take for granted that they can walk down the street while thinking about their day. Or drive to work without ...Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 22, 2016Neuroscience
With autism statistics at 1 in 68 children, the search for information on the causes and possible treatments is a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 21, 2016Cancer
Cancer biologists have a surprising but wholly vested ally in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NA ...SEP 21, 2016Microbiology
Finding contamination in food is a very important public health concern. Infection from one specific pathogenic bacteriu ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2016
Microbiology
Microorganisms frequently attach to a surface and begin to grow into a colony called a biofilm in which cells stick to e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2016
Cancer
Robotic surgery sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but reality is quickly catching up. In particular, a system ca
...
OCT 04, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Stabilizing the Ultimate Tumor Suppressor p53
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
OCT 04, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his influential work inves
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2016
Neuroscience
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative brain disease that has gotten a lot of attention in the pr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 03, 2016
Immunology
Why can the immune system recognize and attack primary tumors but not metastatic tumors? Researchers from the University
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 02, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Decoy sequences of DNA are able to interfere with gene expression, and in ways that are not yet well understood. New fin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have found a critical link between all types of Parkinson’s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2016
Cancer
Tiny non-coding RNA molecules are now being marshaled against breast cancer. In a recent report, scientists at the Massa
...
SEP 30, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our DNA uses messenger RNA or mRNA as the intermediary that directs cellular machinery to construct the many various pro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2016
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health. Researchers have begun to look for novel ways to fight
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 28, 2016
Immunology
A diet high in fat from specific sources is uniquely responsible for contributing to intestinal cancer through promoting
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 28, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Every cell in our body contains DNA, and that genomic material is critical to our health. One threat to the double stran
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 28, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Image Credit: Noel Clark, University of Colorado LA JOLLA, CA – September 28, 2016 – A new study led by scie
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 28, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
About three to six percent of the population is fervently afraid of spiders. Just the thought of the hairy eight-legged
...
SEP 27, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cell Regeneration in Your Eyes Could Treat Retinal Blindness Diseases
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 27, 2016
Microbiology
Anthrax is commonly found in soil and can be ingested by animals. It is relatively rare for it to affect people but when
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells use proteins as placeholders or bookmarks that help the cells to pick up where they left off when gene expression
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2016
Earth & The Environment
There is a hidden door behind the controversy of eating a vegetarian or vegan diet. Many people choose to be vegetarians
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, have shown that alterations in regul
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Most people take for granted that they can walk down the street while thinking about their day. Or drive to work without
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 22, 2016
Neuroscience
With autism statistics at 1 in 68 children, the search for information on the causes and possible treatments is a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 21, 2016
Cancer
Cancer biologists have a surprising but wholly vested ally in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NA
...
SEP 21, 2016
Microbiology
Finding contamination in food is a very important public health concern. Infection from one specific pathogenic bacteriu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch