The glycocalyx surrounds each cell in the human body like a coat. This complex sugar layer plays a key role in the ...

Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the human receptor for sweet tastes, which deepens our understanding of how we taste things. These findings, which were reported in Cel l, could also ...

In two separate papers, he and several teams of researchers unravel the molecular structure of SWEET2, a transport protein that plays a critical role in limiting the sugar supply available to root ...

The structure offers insight into the molecular "sugar-coating" mechanism, and may help scientists better understand a variety of diseases that result when the process goes awry. Share: FULL STORY ...

The determination in 1953 of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), with its two entwined helices and paired organic bases, was a tour de force in X-ray crystallography. But more ...

Bell has developed a natural ingredient that 'mimics' sugar's molecular structure ©Bell Flavors and Fragrances Clean label category applications The use of REDsugar has been successfully tested in a ...

Amanda graduated from the University of Massachusetts Boston with a degree in Biology. After working in research on creating biochemicals from genetically engineered yeast, she started freelance ...

Scientists have mapped the 3-D structure of the human sweet taste receptor, the molecular machine that allows us to taste sweet things. This could lead to the discovery of new regulators of the ...