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Eating mixed tree nuts helps reduce cardiovascular risk: Research
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In a paper published online this week in the journal, Nutrients, researchers found that consuming mixed tree nuts (almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts) had a positive effect on the metabolism of the essential amino acid, tryptophan,
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AI technology creates new proteins from scratch: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Scientists have developed an AI system capable of creating artificial enzymes from scratch. In laboratory experiments, some of these enzymes worked as well as those found in nature, even though their artificially created amino acid sequences differed widely from any known natural protein.
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Scientists study life origins by simulating cosmic evolution
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amino acids make up millions of proteins that drive the chemical gears of life, including essential bodily functions in animals. Because of amino acids' relationship to living things scientists are eager to understand the origins of these molecules. After all, amino acids may have helped spa
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Study finds how common nonexcitatory amino acids worsen stroke, TBI damage
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Scientists report that in the aftermath of a stroke or TBI, a group of amino acids that normally support brain function contribute significantly to the brain destruction that can result from both of these injuries.
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Research: Drying process could be key step in the development of life
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New research could help explain crucial early steps on the path of life that led from a pool filled with simple amino acids to bacteria, redwood trees and people.
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International Year of Millets 2023: India leading the way
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Millets are nutritionally superior to wheat and rice owing to their higher protein levels and a more balanced amino acid profile. Millets also contain various phytochemicals which exert therapeutic properties owing to their anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative properties.
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Researchers reveal that meteorites could have given Earth building blocks
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Even as detailed images of distant galaxies from the James Webb Space Telescope show us more of the greater universe, scientists still disagree about how life began here on Earth. One hypothesis is that meteorites delivered amino acids life's building blocks to our planet. Now, researchers h
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Ubiquitous nutrients suppress appetite and promote movement
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In experiments on mice, researchers show that non-essential amino acids act as appetite suppressants and promote the urge to move. Their research provides insight into the neural mechanism that controls this behaviour.
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Study: Gel-like, radioactive tumour implant obliterates pancreatic cancer
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI): Biomedical engineers have demonstrated the most effective treatment for pancreatic cancer in mouse models ever recorded. While most mouse trials consider simply halting growth a success, the new treatment completely eliminated tumors in 80% of mice across s
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Researchers imbue cells with pathway to make own drugs
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI): Chemists find a rare genetic pathway that helps mammalian cells become drug factories or sensors by synthesizing noncanonical amino acids. The clues came from an uncommon bird.
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Researchers discover new mechanism that helps cells protect themselves fro
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Heidelberg [Germany], September 19 (ANI): When free radicals become uncontrollable and destroy the protective cell membrane in a chain reaction, a cell dies of ferroptosis. When healthy cells are subjected to oxidative stress, they are occasionally damaged. Cancer cells, in particular, are v
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Research suggests improved mineralized material can restore tooth enamel
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 18 (ANI): Researchers have recently perfected hydroxyapatite, a material for mineralizing bones and teeth. They did so by adding a complex of amino acids to hydroxyapatite and were able to form a dental coating that replicates the composition and microstructure of
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