Humans need isoleucine, an amino acid, for many reasons, so eliminating it is off the table. But cutting back could greatly ...

To overcome the inherent challenge of translation termination interference caused by stop codon reprogramming in mammalian ...

Swap steaks for spinach and you might watch the scale plummet. In a 16-week crossover study, overweight adults who ditched ...

A series of new peptides (8−25) containing different unnatural amino acids of the adamantane type (1−6), was synthesized. Possible cytotoxic activity on human cervical adenocarcinoma (HeLa), larynx ...

Amino acid-capped gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are a promising tool for various applications, including therapeutics and diagnostics. Most often, amino acids are used to cap AuNPs synthesized with other ...

Hypertriglyceridemia (triglycerides 200–499 mg/dL) is relatively common in the United States, whereas more severe triglyceride elevations (very high triglycerides, ≥500 mg/dL) are far less frequently ...

Amino acids can catalyze RNA polymerization under mild, prebiotic conditions, increasing RNA formation by up to 100-fold through acid-base catalysis involving their amine groups.

Class Two and Missing Amino Acids: Plant-based proteins like beans, lentils, grains, and nuts are often deficient in one or more essential amino acids. For instance, grains tend to be low in lysine, ...

Between protein powder, amino acids, and creatine, there are a lot of performance supplements for athletes. Nutritionists explain which ones are backed by science.