Pancreatic cancer has the highest mortality rate of all major cancers, and its incidence is climbing. Because it is typically ...

Although excessive sugar consumption is linked to inflammation and type 2 diabetes, its link to cancer remains complex. We explain how sugar plays a role in the development of cancer, the mechanisms ...

Pentoses are essential carbohydrates in the metabolism of modern lifeforms, but their availability during early Earth is unclear since these molecules are unstable. A new study led by the Earth-Life ...

Like all food, essential metals must be absorbed by your digestive system. However, the gut absorbs only about 1% of ingested chromium. Other essential metals are absorbed more efficiently – for ...

Philadelphia (April 5, 2022) — Results from a new study suggest that two sugar substitutes disrupt the function of a protein that plays a vital role in liver detoxification and the metabolism of ...

Rare sugars, naturally occurring monosaccharides found in minute quantities, have emerged as compounds of considerable interest in both nutritional science and metabolic research. Their unique ...

She explains that naturally occurring sugars often belong to foods that "also bring fiber, vitamins and minerals that we need." Such nutrients are essential to ward off disease and keep our bodies ...

Origin-of-life chemists propose that glyoxylate could have been the original source of sugars on the 'prebiotic' Earth Two prominent origin-of-life chemists have published a new hypothesis for how the ...

He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in biochemistry at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi Ashanti, Ghana. Armoo, who is from Tema, Ghana, said, "For me, it was ...