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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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NOV 22, 2021
Health & Medicine
In therapeutic applications, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) provide highly precise targeting of pathological cells and red
...
NOV 22, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Clinical depression is estimated to impact over 264 million people worldwide in any given year, but it's difficult to tr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2021
Microbiology
Though treatments are available, there is no cure or vaccine from HIV, which impacts about 38 million people worldwide.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2021
Cancer
Uveal melanoma (UM) is a rare malignancy characterized by the formation of cancer cells in the tissues of the eye. UM be
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
NOV 21, 2021
Microbiology
Zoonosis is a serious health concern, as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown. Viruses that infect one species can acquire ge
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Many viruses have genomes made of RNA. In human cells, messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules act as intermediates; cellular mac
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2021
Cannabis Sciences
Results from a new study published in Nature’s Scientific Reports suggest that topical application of cannabidiol
...
Written By:
Nadine Husami
NOV 19, 2021
Health & Medicine
First, there was the Human Genome Project, a monumental, international effort to map the entire human genome down to its
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
NOV 18, 2021
Immunology
Pregnant mothers pass on oxygen and nutrients to their developing babies while shuttling away waste products from the fe
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 18, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
For simplicity's sake, it's easy to think of the genome as a set of instructions that cells use to create the pr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 18, 2021
Immunology
Antibody therapies harness the immune system's power to fight a broad spectrum of diseases, from cancer to infectiou
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 17, 2021
Technology
The textbook symptoms of COVID-19 infection are often respiratory ones; at least, that’s what most people focus on
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
NOV 17, 2021
Cancer
As many people start to plan their Thanksgiving dinners, there will inevitably be a lot of talk about the turkey.
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
NOV 16, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Oil and water are both liquids, but they don't mix well, demonstrating a phenomenon known as liquid-liquid phase separat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2021
Health & Medicine
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a widespread neurogenerative disorder that can significantly impact a person’s q
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
NOV 15, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Although the human genome has been sequenced and we think most protein-coding genes have been identified, there are stil
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2021
Plants & Animals
Green tea is a popular beverage, with the green tea market expected to grow by almost 12% over the next several years. I
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
NOV 15, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have developed an injectable therapy that can repair tissue damage and reverse paralysis in mice within four
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 14, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are trillions of microbes that live in out gastrointestinal tract, and each one of those single-celled organisms h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Cancer drugs have been developed that target an enzyme, Shp2. But that enzyme has a more complex role than we knew.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2021
Earth & The Environment
River ecosystems receive many inputs from human activities upstream. Rivers bring these inputs out to the ocean, where t
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
NOV 12, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The UK's 100,000 Genomes Project has now given hundreds of people a diagnosis for their disease. Many of them have been
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
While arthritis may not cause pain all the time, when it flares, it tends to recur in the same joints. This can create s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
With time lapse photography, scientists have now learned more about the symmetry of sea stars. This work could tell us m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch