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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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AUG 23, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disease that causes the gradual breakdown of neurons in the brain. The disor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
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Exosomes are small extracellular vesicles about the size of influenza and corona viruses and have been making news for s ...Sponsored By: NanoSomiX, Inc. LeAUG 02, 2022Cell & Molecular BiologyIntroduction Centrifugation and filtration have been widely accepted as techniques required for clarifying complex cell ...Sponsored By: Pall Life SciencesJUL 31, 2022Genetics & Genomics
DNA was characterized in 1953, and shortly after, the nature of the genetic code was revealed.Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disease that causes the gradual breakdown of neurons in the brain. The disor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Many different proteins can bind DNA, and they perform a variety of critical functions in cells. DNA-binding proteins of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2022
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2 uses a spike protein to bind to human cells and infect them. Researchers have now found that human cells can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 18, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The human genome holds thousands of genes, and gene expression has to be carefully controlled in cells; the right gene m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 18, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) accounts for 10-15% of all breast cancer cases. TNBC is a term used to describe cas
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 17, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Surprisingly similar mechanisms of pattern recognition can be found among incredibly diverse organisms.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2022
Immunology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, has mutated many times into new variants, some that we don't hear about, while others
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2022
Neuroscience
ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a motor neuron disease, which gradually causes a loss of movement. Eventually, pa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Optogenetics is a technique that has been in development for several years, and aims to combine optics and genetics to u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2022
Technology
Corneal disease refers to a range of conditions that can cause significant damage to the cornea, the clear tissue layer
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
AUG 12, 2022
Immunology
Our immune cells can target cancer, but T cells can become worn out and exhausted during lengthy battles, and they
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
In a recent study published in Nature Medicine, a team of researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and T
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 09, 2022
Immunology
Scientists have been trying to stimulate the immune system to fight cancer for decades, and recent years have brought ma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 08, 2022
Cancer
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a well-established risk factor associated with some types of cancer, including liver, pancreas,
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
AUG 07, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have known that vitamin K has antioxidant properties, but the mechanism behind that function remained obscur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2022
Immunology
The microbiome has a powerful influence on human well-being and disease. It might also be a useful way to approach disea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers used new long-read genetic sequencing technology to show that there are bacterial genomes within the genome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2022
Microbiology
The discovery of giant viruses, some of which infect bacterial cells, has changed what we knew about microbes. Image cre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2022
Neuroscience
Recent allegations of research misconduct have called years of Alzheimer's research into question. The controversy surro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2022
Immunology
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of infant hospitalization and a leading cause of death around the wor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
In 2013, scientists described a method for editing the genome of eukaryotic cells (such at those found in humans) using
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 02, 2022
Neuroscience
Exosomes are small extracellular vesicles about the size of influenza and corona viruses and have been making news for s
...
Sponsored By:
NanoSomiX, Inc. Le
AUG 02, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Introduction Centrifugation and filtration have been widely accepted as techniques required for clarifying complex cell
...
Sponsored By:
Pall Life Sciences
JUL 31, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
DNA was characterized in 1953, and shortly after, the nature of the genetic code was revealed.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch