Alcoholic Liver damage (ALD) is an umbrella term for the wide-range spectrum of illnesses that can result from chronic alcohol consumption. When an individual consumes…
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Pyridoxal-5-phosphate (PLP) is a highly conserved cofactor used by thousands of known enzymes to carry out biological reactions. Because of its high conservation, the synthesis…
It is safe to assume that most of us are aware of the short-term and long-term effects of alcohol consumption on our bodies. After all,…
Lipids have long been known to play key roles in maintaining the plasma membrane’s structure and functionality in mammalian cells. Studying the distribution of these lipids,…
Similarly to when I explored the meaning of biochemistry, when researching diseases in biochemistry I came across a very wide range of disease types that…
Figure 1. FAO pathway highlighting the role of CPT1A and the importance of acetyl-CoA. Source:http://www.kegg.jp/kegg-bin/show_pathway?ko00071+K08765 A recent study ofangiogenesis, or blood-vessel formation, lead to…
In search for a title for this blog, I stumbled upon a few web pages that some would call “popular” sources. As college students, we are…
