Protein is the golden child of modern fitness, however, people just don’t understand when to stop. According to research by ...

Inspired by the simple mechanism of a seesaw—when one side goes up, the other side goes down—researchers asked an intriguing question: Could a single molecule switch between two different roles like a ...

How much protein do you eat daily? At first glance, this question may seem straightforward considering protein's outsized influence on our contemporary lifestyles — from foodies throwing back plates ...

NEW ORLEANS — Building muscle, nine essential amino acids (EAA) at a time, is the driving force behind muscle protein synthesis (MPS) – overcoming the normal effects of muscle protein breakdown (MPB) ...

Protein intake influences far more than muscle mass; it shapes vascular function and pancreatic insulin dynamics over time.

Animal proteins optimize muscle gain due to essential amino acids. Plant-based proteins require careful pairing for similar ...

Comprising close to 50 percent of total body weight in lean individuals, skeletal (or striated) muscle constitutes the largest single component of the body and serves as the major repository of ...

New scientific theory based on ancient proteins suggests that genes did not arise as we believed and that life could have started elsewhere.

Ozempic has been making headlines for its remarkable success in treating obesity and diabetes. Yet it is just one in a rapidly growing class of drugs called peptide therapeutics that sits between ...

Using nanopore DNA sequencing technology, researchers have managed to scan a single protein: by slowly moving a linearized protein through a tiny nanopore, one amino acid at the time, the researchers ...