Crops have already gone through aeons of evolution and millennia of human selection, so improving their growth ... This creates an ideal space where the enzyme can function more efficiently – a bit ...

As Earth's population grows, we will need more food. According to one estimate , we may need to nearly double our crop yields in the next century to ...

Blocking caspase-9, an enzyme involved in cell death, may be a potential treatment target for pulmonary fibrosis, a ...

Peroxisomes are essential cell organelles that play a vital role in lipid metabolism and cellular detoxification. To perform ...

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has evolved from foundations as a postmyocardial infarction mobilization strategy for patients who were typically unstable, into a comprehensive, multidisciplinary program ...

Most people believe rainforests are the lungs of our planet, pumping out vast amounts of the oxygen we breathe. This ...

A new study suggests that people who use both cannabis and tobacco have elevated levels of a key enzyme in their brain ...

The immune system has a tough job: When a tiny virus invades one of our cells, that cell must detect it and, within minutes, ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new structure determination method using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy which shows how different parts of complex ...

Scientists discovered a key molecular switch to keep neurons healthy by controlling the disassembly and assembly of their energy-generating powerhouses, the mitochondria. The study illustrates how a ...