The race is on for new drugs that suppress appetite, improve glucose regulation and can replace injections. But do they ...

Single-molecule biophysics is the study of the dynamics and interactions of individual biomolecules to understand how they carry out their functions in living cells. For example, monitoring the ...

The U.S. Surgeon General has unveiled a plan to put cancer warning labels on alcoholic beverages. Does the science support ...

However, the higher level of phenylalanine in the drought-tolerant canola cultivar is suggestive that this amino acid is important for adaptation to drier climates. Furthermore, a multitrait ...

Rice is an important staple food crop. The global production of rice paddy was 746.9 million tons and 496 million tons milled rice (http://www.fao.org/economic/est ...

Molecular docking was also used to assess how many different positions each ligand can occupy at the catalytic site and which amino acids they interact with. The active site of the Torpedo californica ...

An enzyme increases the speed at which a chemical reaction happens. An example of an enzyme is phenylalanine hydroxylase. This enzyme catalyzes the breakdown of the amino acid phenylalanine. Infants ...

Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, ...

Aspartame, a popular artificial sweetener found in diet sodas, chewing gum, yogurt and other food products, is a “possible carcinogen” but it remains safe to consume at the existing daily ...

Children are at most risk of exceeding the safe limits on aspartame, found in diet drinks Advice on how much aspartame we can eat or drink is unchanged, despite the sweetener being classified as ...

The sweetener aspartame, which is found in a variety of foods and fizzy drinks, is set to be officially classified as "possibly carcinogenic" to humans, reports claim. The label frequently causes ...