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They turned to the amino acid glutamine, because it is the most abundant amino acid in the blood. Glutamine is naturally synthesized in the body and can also be consumed from all animal protein ...

Objective This study aimed to evaluate the effects of different concentrations of vegetable peptones (pea, wheat, and soy) as substitutes for fetal bovine serum in stem cell cultures derived from ...

The retina places a large energy demand on the body, in part due to the activity of photoreceptors. These specialized cells are responsible for receiving light and transmitting visual information to ...

Look closely at the spots to tell leopards from jaguars: there's a subtle clue. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A large predator ...

Rod photoreceptor-specific knockout of glutaminase (GLS) displays rapid retinal degeneration and increased markers of cell death. (A) Western blot analysis showing decreased GLS protein levels in the ...

Goswami and colleagues used rod-specific Gls1 (the gene encoding glutaminase 1) knockout mice to investigate the role of GLS1 in photoreceptor health when GLS1 was deleted from developing or adult ...

Primatologists explain how apes and monkeys differ. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On its face, a comparison of monkeys and apes ...

The alphabet soup of TV terminology is overwhelming enough, but you might have seen a particularly confusing term pop up lately: mini-LED. LEDs are already tiny, so what exactly could the "mini" here ...