Many important medicines and agricultural compounds have origins in natural products made by microorganisms. One such ...

While humans evolved to perform routine endurance activity, recent secular trends in the United States and globally have resulted in a dramatic rise in the amount of time spent inactive in both ...

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth and Forschungszentrum Jülich have demonstrated that specific light-sensitive ...

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Kelly Burch is a journalist who has covered health topics for more than 10 years. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, and more. Enzymes speed up chemical reactions in ...

If you eat a balanced and fibrous diet replete with natural probiotics, you likely don’t need digestive enzyme supplementation. But for those of us with a slow metabolism, IBS (irritable bowel ...

ABSTRACT: Rhodanese plays a critical role in cyanide detoxification by catalyzing the conversion of toxic cyanide into the less harmful thiocyanate. This comprehensive review examines recent studies ...

Jillian Kubala, MS, is a registered dietitian based in Westhampton, NY. Jillian uses a unique and personalized approach to help her clients achieve optimal wellness through nutrition and lifestyle ...

What’s scarier, a world with ghosts or a world without them? I pondered this question on the drive downtown to see “Paranormal Activity,” a stage play based on the Paramount Pictures movie franchise ...

Metabolite-mediated feedback represents a rather unexplored mode of metabolic regulation in plants and other organisms. This study identifies methylerythritol cyclodiphosphate (MEcPP), an intermediate ...

Soil enzymes are critical to plant growth and soil carbon turnover. However, the traditional method of assessing enzyme activity per unit of soil may be insufficient; instead, soil-specific enzyme ...