Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Protein farts are gas that is excessively smelly due to consuming a lot of protein in the diet. There are other causes of excessively smelly flatulence, such as ...
Bats carry viral pathogens that typically do not lead to severe disease in the bats themselves but can be lethal to humans. Adaptations in certain immune genes might contribute to this resistance.
Soybean growers across the globe face a silent but devastating threat: the soybean cyst nematode (SCN). This microscopic pathogen attacks soybean roots, jeopardizing crop yields and causing more than ...
Interactions between the R groups on amino acids lead to further shaping of the protein chains and gives each protein its unique 3D structure. The diagram below highlights various types of bonds that ...
Several things can trigger acid reflux or a GERD episode, including some eating habits (like having dinner very late at night) or eating certain foods (like spicy, acidic, or fatty foods).
Missense mutations are genetic alterations arising from the substitution of a single base pair (bp) in an amino acid (aa) sequence with a different base pair, resulting in the translation of a ...