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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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Cardiovascular disease is something that, in most cases, is within our ability to control. A healthy diet and active lif ...Written By: Jasper CantrellNOV 11, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Many types of cells in our bodies are short-lived and need to be replenished. Cell division has to be carefully controll ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2020Cancer
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Scientists have generated structural images of a newly-described class of ion channels that help maintain the balance of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Sweden and the US have found that a commonly prescribed antidepressant may help stop the growth of a ca ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 06, 2020Immunology
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It looks like a Band-Aid — a small, adhesive patch that is applied directly to the skin. This simple, low-cost dia ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 05, 2020Immunology
Our knowledge of COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 is increasing every day, with new research papers published continuously. Resear ...Written By: Heba El-wassefNOV 04, 2020Cancer
For decades, modern medicine has relied on chemists’ work to produce compounds that could one day be used as a dru ...Written By: Jasper CantrellNOV 03, 2020Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease is one of the most common causes of death in the world. Although we have many treatments against ...Written By: Jasper CantrellNOV 03, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
We are exposed to a vast array of chemicals every day. Many are harmless or even important, like the air we breathe, wat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A main characteristic of Alzheimer disease is an aggregate of a protein (peptide) clump in the brain leading to memory l ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 02, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Medical Univesity of Vienna in Austria have found that a peptide (a small protein molecule) found i ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 02, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells have to be flexible and move with each other and our bodies. When cells get overstretched, they have to be able to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 01, 2020Plants & Animals
There are veins in plants that move nutrients and other important molecules around. These veins have to be carefully org ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 01, 2020Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 has to get into cells to cause infection. It does so with a spike protein on its surfa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 01, 2020Genetics & Genomics
When light levels are low, the rod cells of our eyes go to work to help us see.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 29, 2020Microbiology
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In Parkinson’s disease (PD), there is chronic degeneration of the central nervous system, particularly in the regi ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 28, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Cell culture models are one way for scientists to learn more about biology. But cells grow in large cultures that are of ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2020
Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease is something that, in most cases, is within our ability to control. A healthy diet and active lif
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
NOV 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Many types of cells in our bodies are short-lived and need to be replenished. Cell division has to be carefully controll
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2020
Cancer
Amongst the most common targets of anti-cancer drugs are small regulatory molecules called cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
NOV 10, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Preeclampsia is a complication of pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure and it arises in anywhere from two to e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A preliminary analysis of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine shows that it can prevent over 90% of people from c
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 09, 2020
Microbiology
Camelids, which include llamas, alpacas and camels have immune systems that generate two kinds of antibodies when confro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from the F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center in the US have discovered a new approach to restore myelin sheaths,
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 06, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have generated structural images of a newly-described class of ion channels that help maintain the balance of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Sweden and the US have found that a commonly prescribed antidepressant may help stop the growth of a ca
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 06, 2020
Immunology
The virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, uses its spike protein to gain access to cells, by binding to the ACE2 recep
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 05, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
It looks like a Band-Aid — a small, adhesive patch that is applied directly to the skin. This simple, low-cost dia
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 05, 2020
Immunology
Our knowledge of COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 is increasing every day, with new research papers published continuously. Resear
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
NOV 04, 2020
Cancer
For decades, modern medicine has relied on chemists’ work to produce compounds that could one day be used as a dru
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
NOV 03, 2020
Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease is one of the most common causes of death in the world. Although we have many treatments against
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
NOV 03, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
We are exposed to a vast array of chemicals every day. Many are harmless or even important, like the air we breathe, wat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A main characteristic of Alzheimer disease is an aggregate of a protein (peptide) clump in the brain leading to memory l
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 02, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Medical Univesity of Vienna in Austria have found that a peptide (a small protein molecule) found i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 02, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells have to be flexible and move with each other and our bodies. When cells get overstretched, they have to be able to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2020
Plants & Animals
There are veins in plants that move nutrients and other important molecules around. These veins have to be carefully org
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2020
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 has to get into cells to cause infection. It does so with a spike protein on its surfa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
When light levels are low, the rod cells of our eyes go to work to help us see.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 29, 2020
Microbiology
The average person contains large variations in bacteria from the mouth, the skin, sweat, and in the stomach and intesti
...
Sponsored By:
Human Metabolome Technologies
OCT 29, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
In Parkinson’s disease (PD), there is chronic degeneration of the central nervous system, particularly in the regi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 28, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cell culture models are one way for scientists to learn more about biology. But cells grow in large cultures that are of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch