Author: Endonita Hajzeraj AβOs or soluble amyloid β oligomers are recognized by the public as neurotoxins that trigger divergent signaling in neurons. This signaling of…
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Author: Endonita Hajzeraj Coronary artery disease (CAD) develops when major blood vessels that supply your heart with blood, oxygen, and nutrients become diseased or damaged.…
Author: Endonita Hajzeraj “Identification of biochemical and cytotoxic markers in cocaine treated PC12 cells” Cocaine is a powerful drug that causes addiction and many deaths…
Author: Endonita Hajzeraj There are so many diseases that deserve to have a lot attention and resources allocated to it’s maintenance/cure. With the limited resources…
Author: Endonita Hajzeraj The Beta-oxidation of endothelial cells produces Acetyl-CoA, needed for epigenetic modifications for lymphangiogenesis. Endonita Hajzeraj Bcm441 Acetyl-CoA is an important coenzyme that…
Author: Andrew Rice The described article can be found here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00092 Recently in this course, we discussed the important of both cystathionine β-synthase (CBS) and cystathionine…
Author: Andrew Rice After diving into the literature of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), I have begun to understand this debilitating disease. The sources I have…
Author: Andrew Rice The paper described below can be found here: http://jem.rupress.org/content/early/2018/02/13/jem.20171831 Within the last week, Hu et. al. published a paper in the Journal…
Author: Andrew Rice To treat disease, we must first have a grasp of the disease’s pathology and mechanism of action. A general understanding of the…
Author: Andrew Rice Fatty acid beta-oxidation (FAO) is an instrumental process in metabolism. This process begins by transportation of the fatty acyl-CoA molecules into…
