Life’s most indispensable molecules are not the serene, unchanging fixtures they might appear to be. Even the proteins that ...

Merve Ceylan is a dietitian and health writer with four years of experience writing for companies in the nutrition and health industry. Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with ...

“Other signs of prolonged insufficient protein intake include leg swelling, anemia, and poor wound healing,” Jones adds. While severe edema from protein deficiency is rare in developed countries, mild ...

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer space. This idea suggests that prebiotic molecules—the building blocks of ...

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 ...

New research from the Champalimaud Foundation (CF) reveals how missing just one essential amino acid can change gene expression and the brain's sensory systems, prompting animals to seek out ...

In a peer-reviewed analysis, scientists quantify amino acids before and after our “last universal common ancestor.” The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the single life form that branched into ...

Researchers demonstrated how amino acids could spontaneously attach to RNA under early Earth-like conditions using thioesters, providing a long-sought clue to the origins of protein synthesis. This ...

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 ...

“Wouldn’t it be nice if—” is a phrase heard often at Drunk Elephant, the cult favorite skincare line founded by proud industry outsider, Tiffany Masterson. Wouldn’t it be nice if potentially ...

As a non-essential amino acid, humans can produce serine themselves, but it is also found in food like meat, poultry, fish, soybeans, nuts, and dairy products. Serine functions as a building block for ...

Our Amino Acid Composition Calculator provides a fundamental analysis of your protein sequence. By simply inputting a sequence, this web-based tool instantly calculates the absolute number and ...