Leslie Beck, a Toronto-based private dietitian, is Medcan’s Director of Food and Nutrition. Follow her on Twitter @tweet You probably know the benefits of eating enough protein. The required nutrient supports muscle building, immune health and wound healing, to name a few of its vital functions. However, you may not think much when you are … Read more
One of the most important classes of human enzymes are protein kinases – ; Signaling molecules that regulate nearly all cellular activities, including growth, cell division, and metabolism. Dysfunction in these cellular pathways can lead to a variety of diseases, particularly cancer. Identification of protein enzymes involved in cellular dysfunction and cancer development could lead … Read more
New year, new you, new diet. It’s a familiar refrain. One popular dieting technique is to create a food blacklist. Giving up on “carbs” or packaged foods is common, which may mean avoiding staples like pasta. But do we really need to ban pasta to improve our diet? This is what we call the reductionist … Read more
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have shown that zebrafish can provide genes baz1b Evidence for the evolution of social behaviors in humans and domesticated species. Research published in iScienceI looked at transgenic zebrafish that fail to make baz1b protein. The results indicate that the gene is not only at the center of physical … Read more
