Sugar-loving mouth bacteria create acids that damage teeth, but arginine can help fight back. In a clinical trial, ...

Hydroperoxides are strong oxidants that have a significant influence on chemical processes in the atmosphere. Now, an ...

Researchers at Utah State University revealed new details about CRISPR immune system defenses, such as Cas12a3 systems, that ...

Across all domains of life, immune defenses foil invading viruses by making it impossible for the viruses to replicate. Most ...

But a team of Chinese researchers has managed to turn sulfur’s complex chemistry into a strength, making it the primary ...

This important study introduces a new biology-informed strategy for deep learning models aiming to predict mutational effects in antibody sequences. It provides solid evidence that separating ...

Researchers identify a shared RNA-protein interaction that could lead to broad-spectrum antiviral treatments for ...

A New Brunswick biochemistry professor is using fish to better understand the impact that taurine — an amino acid — could ...

MIT scientists have found that an amino acid called cysteine can help the gut heal itself. In mouse studies, a cysteine-rich diet activated immune cells that release a molecule speeding up tissue ...

Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to exist on Bennu, a small asteroid that swings by our planet about every six ...

Amino acids are absolutely essential to our health—and for life itself. They are the so-called “building blocks” of proteins. They play a key role in the growth, repair, and maintenance of almost ...

In short, AHAs work by exfoliating, and that process makes skin look instantly more refreshed. Though a scrub can also remove dead cells, chemically exfoliating with alpha hydroxy acid products can go ...