When the skin is injured, a stem cell’s survival instincts kick in. New research reveals that a simple amino acid, serine, ...

Impaired sensory-nerve function is a common complication of diabetes. Evidence in mice indicates that deficiency of the amino acid serine causes these complications — and suggests that ...

When stress hits, hair stem cells switch from growing hair to repairing skin, offering new insights into how our bodies ...

Scientists found that adult stem cells intended to maintain hair growth are sometimes redirected to healing skin instead and the amino acid serine, found in common foods, regulates this process. The ...

Serine is a nonessential amino acid, meaning the body produces it on its own and doesn’t need to get it from external food sources the way it does essential amino acids. The term “nonessential ...

"D-Serine turned out to be of great clinical importance," says the study senior author of the study, Tomonori Kimura. According to him, "D-Serine may solve the problem of kidney disease with more ...

Serine is currently being tested in clinical trials for its safety and efficacy in treating macular telangiectasia and Alzheimer’s disease. “… supplementation of serine and B vitamins ...

The new study shows that "using serine as a therapy for Alzheimer's disease might not be the greatest idea," said Percy Griffin, director of scientific engagement for the Alzheimer's Association.

As shown in the animation, cancer cell mitochondria overproduce the SHMT enzyme, a tetramer constructed from four identical peptide chains, or protomers, shown in gray. SHMT functions by using ...

Serine proteases, ubiquitous enzymes known to function in digestion and immune protection in both vertebrates and invertebrates and implicated in regeneration in some species, were investigated in the ...

Since the serine octamer was first identified, figuring out its structure has been a playground for theory and experiment, says R. Graham Cooks, a mass spectrometrist at Purdue University who ...