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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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AUG 11, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Rice University worked to program a bacterium, Escherichia coli, to produce a synthetic "noncanonica ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 11, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells rely on a network of tiny filaments to give them form and support their structure. One crucial filament is a prote ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2020Cardiology
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a common cardiovascular condition with plenty of treatment options and preventi ...Written By: Jasper CantrellAUG 11, 2020Immunology
Scientists have discovered a key protein that regulates the immune system to fight off infections. Fascinatingly, the pr ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 10, 2020Cancer
Breast cancer is one of the deadliest cancers globally. It has been studied extensively with plenty of treatments availa ...Written By: Jasper CantrellAUG 10, 2020Microbiology
Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium, and it can infect immune cells called macrophages in the lungs that would normall ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Microbes ruled the ancient world, and complex animals trace back to those unicellular organisms.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene-editing tool has changed research and is now making impacts in clinical medicine.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Excipients are chemical additives to medications. They are incorporated into all kinds of pharmaceuticals to fulfil ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 06, 2020Cardiology
Strokes are life-changing events that can cause a myriad of issues even after it is over. Plenty of tests, such as the n ...Written By: Jasper CantrellAUG 06, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Cilia are like little antennae on cells, and most cells have one. If they're dysfunctional, it can cause serious problem ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2020Immunology
The human body has a sophisticated danger-sensing mechanism that alerts the immune system when something is not right. T ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 05, 2020Immunology
One of the most unsettling aspects of the coronavirus pandemic is the wide range of severity those affected seem to expe ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 04, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
According to a recent study, the answers could lie in a simple blood test.Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 03, 2020Cancer
New research is published by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered new information that may help pa ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 03, 2020Cancer
Diagnostics is one of the essential tools in a physician’s toolkit. A good diagnostic test can identify whether a ...Written By: Jasper CantrellAUG 03, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Clinicians and researchers have long wondered why cancer is the small intestine is rare while it's so common in the colo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, researchers have knocked out a gene in a cephalopod for the first time.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
We're often exposed to irritants as mild as garlic or horseradish and as serious as smoke, which trigger a protective re ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2020Microbiology
Cells can be grouped into two general categories: prokaryotic, which make up microbes like bacteria and archaea, or euka ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2020Cardiology
This study has also demonstrated that there is a way to print heart muscle cells that causes them to organize and work i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2020Cardiology
Type 2 diabetes affects millions around the world. By itself, it prevents your body from properly using sugars fro ...Written By: Jasper CantrellJUL 31, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
When cells are infected with some strains of the Salmonella bacterium, it can cause typhoid fever, which causes the deat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The protein-coding genes in the genome produce protein when they're active, or expressed. Learning how gene activity is ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Rice University worked to program a bacterium, Escherichia coli, to produce a synthetic "noncanonica
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells rely on a network of tiny filaments to give them form and support their structure. One crucial filament is a prote
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2020
Cardiology
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a common cardiovascular condition with plenty of treatment options and preventi
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
AUG 11, 2020
Immunology
Scientists have discovered a key protein that regulates the immune system to fight off infections. Fascinatingly, the pr
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 10, 2020
Cancer
Breast cancer is one of the deadliest cancers globally. It has been studied extensively with plenty of treatments availa
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
AUG 10, 2020
Microbiology
Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium, and it can infect immune cells called macrophages in the lungs that would normall
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Microbes ruled the ancient world, and complex animals trace back to those unicellular organisms.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene-editing tool has changed research and is now making impacts in clinical medicine.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Excipients are chemical additives to medications. They are incorporated into all kinds of pharmaceuticals to fulfil
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 06, 2020
Cardiology
Strokes are life-changing events that can cause a myriad of issues even after it is over. Plenty of tests, such as the n
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
AUG 06, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cilia are like little antennae on cells, and most cells have one. If they're dysfunctional, it can cause serious problem
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2020
Immunology
The human body has a sophisticated danger-sensing mechanism that alerts the immune system when something is not right. T
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 05, 2020
Immunology
One of the most unsettling aspects of the coronavirus pandemic is the wide range of severity those affected seem to expe
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 04, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to a recent study, the answers could lie in a simple blood test.
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 03, 2020
Cancer
New research is published by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered new information that may help pa
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 03, 2020
Cancer
Diagnostics is one of the essential tools in a physician’s toolkit. A good diagnostic test can identify whether a
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
AUG 03, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Clinicians and researchers have long wondered why cancer is the small intestine is rare while it's so common in the colo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, researchers have knocked out a gene in a cephalopod for the first time.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
We're often exposed to irritants as mild as garlic or horseradish and as serious as smoke, which trigger a protective re
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2020
Microbiology
Cells can be grouped into two general categories: prokaryotic, which make up microbes like bacteria and archaea, or euka
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2020
Cardiology
This study has also demonstrated that there is a way to print heart muscle cells that causes them to organize and work i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2020
Cardiology
Type 2 diabetes affects millions around the world. By itself, it prevents your body from properly using sugars fro
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
JUL 31, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
When cells are infected with some strains of the Salmonella bacterium, it can cause typhoid fever, which causes the deat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The protein-coding genes in the genome produce protein when they're active, or expressed. Learning how gene activity is
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch