Herbicide resistance poses a challenge to producing enough food for a growing population. Sam Caygill and colleagues at the ...

It might be possible for people in the future to consume BHB-Phe to drive weight loss without restricting carbohydrates in ...

Research shows mitochondria form distinct subpopulations under nutrient stress, revealing survival mechanisms in cancer cells ...

Discover the role of amino acids for muscle growth & how they impact protein synthesis, recovery, & performance. Learn which ...

Bats fed with cow’s blood. The researchers measured the bats’ metabolism using oxygen intake and carbon dioxide expiration ...

In a rare technique among mammals, the bats burn proteins from blood, rather than carbs or fat, to power their pursuits of ...

an enzyme known as HAO that is involved in the breakdown of tryptophan and the biosynthesis of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, prevents the overproduction of quinolinic acid, which is associated ...

The bats in the study were fed cows’ blood, enriched with amino acids and labelled with special molecules that could be ...

A pair of biologists at the University of Toronto has found that vampire bats are able to burn amino acids as a fuel source ...

Fascinatingly, the results show an aptitude for the metabolism of the amino acids in the blood they eat. And, moreover, it ...

Changes in serine metabolism have been linked to cancer, and active serine synthesis is likely necessary to support the processes that affect cancer, such as amino acid transport, nucleotide synthesis ...