People whose diets included high levels of vitamin A had a 17 percent reduction in risk for getting the second-most-common […]
The salt-craving neurons: How the appetite for salt is shaped by a taste for sodium
Potato chips, French fries, popcorn — whichever your preference, we all know that salt is a key component of many […]
Global-scale evaluation of role of soil minerals in carbon storage
One answer to our greenhouse gas challenges may be right under our feet: Soil scientists Oliver Chadwick of UC Santa […]
New biomarker panel could accelerate autism diagnoses: About 17 percent of kids with autism identified with metabolic blood test
Investigators at the UC Davis MIND Institute and NeuroPointDX, a division of Stemina Biomarker Discovery, have identified a group of […]
Engineered genetic machinery derived from E. coli delivers new amino acids to proteins: By turning to a deadly bacteria, researchers devise method to incorporate non-canonical amino acids into proteins in human cells
Proteins — the molecular machines that drive the processes underlying biology — are made from just 20 canonical building blocks […]