The work tests and revises a 50-year old textbook model, known as the Bloch hypothesis, for the evolution of sterol metabolism in eukaryotic cells. The results indicate that the complexity of sterol ...

Scientists at EPFL and AstraZeneca have developed a method to map the atomic-level structure of amorphous drugs, demonstrated ...

In our study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, our team from The University of Hong Kong and ...

Invert sugar is a mixture of glucose and fructose produced when sucrose breaks down. Learn its culinary benefits, uses, and how to make it.

Scientists have mapped the 3-D structure of the human sweet taste receptor, the molecular machine that allows us to taste sweet things. This could lead to the discovery of new regulators of the ...

Our attraction to sugar has grown to an unhealthy level. The average person in the United States now consumes more than 100 ...

Scientists have identified a key gene that regulates sugar metabolism and dramatically improves tomato fruit quality and ...

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