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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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SEP 10, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins are known to help the body respond to stress, but new research appears to implicate one of them, Hsp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2016Genetics & Genomics
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Researchers from the University of Minnesota uncovered startling differences between the gut microbiomes of captive and ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 31, 2016Microbiology
New research published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters demonstrates the ability of small molecules to bl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2016Cancer
Cancer cells know when they’re being attacked. And one of their best counterattack strategies is to pump the chemo ...AUG 31, 2016Cardiology
Amyloid buildup can cause heart failure, and a new imaging technique can both diagnose and prognose the condition. In th ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 30, 2016Immunology
While a newborn’s immune system is getting revved up after birth, a specific sugar in the mother’s breast mi ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 29, 2016Immunology
An enzyme thought to only be active in human metabolism found to play a dual role in the immune response. Thanks to this ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that when proteins are made in the cell, a messenger RNA molecule made using DNA as a temp ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins are known to help the body respond to stress, but new research appears to implicate one of them, Hsp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
When the bones of an infant’s skull fuse too early, the growing brain is dangerously confined to a small space, ca
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced earlier this month that they would be banning 19 antimicrobial chemical
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 09, 2016
Immunology
Food allergies, especially in children, are becoming more and more at the center of different kinds of research: immunol
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 09, 2016
Videos
A new chemotherapy drug for chronic lymphocytic leukemia has been given approval by the FDA. CLL is the most common form
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – September 8, 2016 – A series of new studies led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institu
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 07, 2016
Cardiology
Nearly one-third of the American adult population has high blood pressure, or hypertension. Various classes of antihyper
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 07, 2016
Cancer
When treating cancer, doctors have turned to immunotherapy to help target actual tumors instead of attacking all rapidly
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 06, 2016
Cardiology
The proteins that make some species of deep sea jellyfish glow are helping scientists study human heart cells. While it&
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 06, 2016
Health & Medicine
Authors of the new paper include The Scripps Research Institute’s Olivier George (left) and Giordano de Guglielmo.
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 06, 2016
Cardiology
Having sex frequently—and enjoying it—may put older men at higher risk for heart attacks and other cardiovas
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
SEP 05, 2016
Immunology
A new study from Umea University in Sweden provides yet another reason for people to refrain from smoking. They found th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 05, 2016
Cancer
Bone marrow transplant patients face many challenges. Even after the success of the transplant procedure, doctors observ
...
SEP 05, 2016
Microbiology
A new microscopy technique has allowed researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) to take dir
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 04, 2016
Microbiology
Most bacteria have flagella; they are threadlike appendages extending from the surface of many microbes. They help move
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2016
Cardiology
A series of genetic disorders, some rare and some common, are connected to a heart condition that can cause sudden cardi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 01, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The beloved actor Gene Wilder died earlier this week from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was one of the
...
AUG 31, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers from the University of Minnesota uncovered startling differences between the gut microbiomes of captive and
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 31, 2016
Microbiology
New research published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters demonstrates the ability of small molecules to bl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2016
Cancer
Cancer cells know when they’re being attacked. And one of their best counterattack strategies is to pump the chemo
...
AUG 31, 2016
Cardiology
Amyloid buildup can cause heart failure, and a new imaging technique can both diagnose and prognose the condition. In th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 30, 2016
Immunology
While a newborn’s immune system is getting revved up after birth, a specific sugar in the mother’s breast mi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 29, 2016
Immunology
An enzyme thought to only be active in human metabolism found to play a dual role in the immune response. Thanks to this
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that when proteins are made in the cell, a messenger RNA molecule made using DNA as a temp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch