The review introduces the molecular subtypes of breast cancer and outlines how altered amino acid metabolism supports tumor ...

A study in the National Library of Medicine shows promising research that adding collagen peptides into the diet can lead to ...

Kanazawa University, report in Small, on how short peptides self-assemble linearly on atomically-thick solid surfaces, such ...

Life’s ultimate origin will never be known, but researchers are probing the possibilities—for Earth and elsewhere.

Recently, a team of researchers led by Ayhan Yurtsever, Takeshi Fukuma, and Linhao Sun from Kanazawa University, in collaboration with Yuhei Hayamizu at the Institute of Science Tokyo and Mehmet ...

Such quantities of lysine are not necessary, as most of it cannot be absorbed. Under natural conditions, the content of free amino acids in the intestine is low. Just like monosaccharides (simple ...

Vegans who meet their daily protein requirements may still fall short on certain essential amino acids, according to new research. Unlike animal-based proteins, many plant-based proteins are less ...

Amino acids are in an equilibrium between two acids with the proton (H+) moving between the amino group and the carboxyl group as shown below. In such an equilibrium, the weaker acid always ...

DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

Regolith samples from asteroid Bennu contain many of the essential building blocks of life. These molecules include 14 of the 20 protein-building amino acids found in Earth life, all five of the ...

Amino acids, which are the building blocks of protein. The 11 amino acids our bodies synthesize are called “nonessential,” but we need nine others (known as “essential”) to survive.