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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 12, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at Northwestern University identify the first compound that removes the ongoing degeneration of upper motor n ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 10, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists from Florida Atlantic University's Schmidt College of Medicine in collabora ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 09, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
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The human immunodeficiency virus or HIV is always one step of the immune system, a tactic that makes it impossible to co ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 08, 2021Genetics & Genomics
While the human genome was sequenced many years ago, there was so much to learn about it beyond just its sequence, like ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 07, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Animals grow from what looks like a clump of cells, but those cells organize into specific patterns, laying the right fo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 07, 2021Genetics & Genomics
A protein called Gαo is found at high levels in the brain. Mutations in the gene that encodes Gαo cause dysfunctions in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 07, 2021Microbiology
After years of effort, researchers are reporting that there were encouraging results from a phase 1 clinical trial which ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 06, 2021Neuroscience
Researchers from Canada have found that people with chronic depression who ultimately commit suicide have significantly ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 04, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Just like oil and water are both liquids but they don't coalesce into one, it's thought that cells use phase separation ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 04, 2021Immunology
Malaria is a disease caused by single-celled parasites from the Plasmodium group, transmitted to humans through infected ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 03, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Viruses mutate, and the more they multiply, the more chances they have to introduce new mutations, by modifying portions ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, is a painful and debilitating autoimmune disorder of the joints, particularly those of the ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 03, 2021Microbiology
Bacteria are survivors, and they can find ways to get around stuff we use to kill them, like disinfectants and antibioti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 02, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Contact tracing is a powerful tool used by public health authorities to help slow the spread of infectious diseases such ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 02, 2021Immunology
By the time stomach cancer is diagnosed, it’s often bad news for patients. The disease often presents with relativ ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 01, 2021Microbiology
Spirochetes are a type of free-living, spiral-shaped bacteria, some of which are harmless and others that can cause dise ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2021Microbiology
The gut microbiome is made up of a huge number of different microbial species, and scientists are learning more about ho ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Cancer is typically related to problems in cells' genomes that lead to uncontrolled cell growth, and the formation of tu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists and archaeologists have long sought to learn when humans started consuming milk. They have tried to use indir ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2021Cancer
New research published in Advanced Science from scientists at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and U- ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 29, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Humans are far more likely to get several types of cancerous tumors than our closest evolutionary cousins, chimpanzees. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
These variants can raise, or lower the risk of the disease, and now researchers have learned how they work.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2021Neuroscience
Researchers have shown that enzymes working at the synapses of medium spiny neurons (MSN) are associated with drug-seeki ...Written By: Annie Lennon
FEB 12, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at Northwestern University identify the first compound that removes the ongoing degeneration of upper motor n
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 10, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists from Florida Atlantic University's Schmidt College of Medicine in collabora
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 09, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Depression is thought to affect at least 264 million people of all ages worldwide, and the available treatment options d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 09, 2021
Immunology
The human immunodeficiency virus or HIV is always one step of the immune system, a tactic that makes it impossible to co
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 08, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
While the human genome was sequenced many years ago, there was so much to learn about it beyond just its sequence, like
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Animals grow from what looks like a clump of cells, but those cells organize into specific patterns, laying the right fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
A protein called Gαo is found at high levels in the brain. Mutations in the gene that encodes Gαo cause dysfunctions in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2021
Microbiology
After years of effort, researchers are reporting that there were encouraging results from a phase 1 clinical trial which
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 06, 2021
Neuroscience
Researchers from Canada have found that people with chronic depression who ultimately commit suicide have significantly
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 04, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Just like oil and water are both liquids but they don't coalesce into one, it's thought that cells use phase separation
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2021
Immunology
Malaria is a disease caused by single-celled parasites from the Plasmodium group, transmitted to humans through infected
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 03, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Viruses mutate, and the more they multiply, the more chances they have to introduce new mutations, by modifying portions
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, is a painful and debilitating autoimmune disorder of the joints, particularly those of the
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 03, 2021
Microbiology
Bacteria are survivors, and they can find ways to get around stuff we use to kill them, like disinfectants and antibioti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Contact tracing is a powerful tool used by public health authorities to help slow the spread of infectious diseases such
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 02, 2021
Immunology
By the time stomach cancer is diagnosed, it’s often bad news for patients. The disease often presents with relativ
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 01, 2021
Microbiology
Spirochetes are a type of free-living, spiral-shaped bacteria, some of which are harmless and others that can cause dise
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2021
Microbiology
The gut microbiome is made up of a huge number of different microbial species, and scientists are learning more about ho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Cancer is typically related to problems in cells' genomes that lead to uncontrolled cell growth, and the formation of tu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists and archaeologists have long sought to learn when humans started consuming milk. They have tried to use indir
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2021
Cancer
New research published in Advanced Science from scientists at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and U-
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 29, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Humans are far more likely to get several types of cancerous tumors than our closest evolutionary cousins, chimpanzees.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
These variants can raise, or lower the risk of the disease, and now researchers have learned how they work.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2021
Neuroscience
Researchers have shown that enzymes working at the synapses of medium spiny neurons (MSN) are associated with drug-seeki
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon