Imagine trying to bake a cake without heat. You’ve got all the ingredients like flour, eggs and sugar, but nothing is happening. That’s what your body would be like without enzymes: potential but no ...

Walk into almost any modern laboratory and you’ll probably picture rows of advanced machines humming away, building the clean ...

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A protein involved with cell death can be manipulated to slow or reverse tumor growth, a pair of new studies in mice found.

Scientists discovered that alcohol activates a sugar-producing pathway in the body, creating fructose that may reinforce ...

It goes without saying that proper digestion is pretty important. After all, we’ve all experienced the difficulties a bout of poor digestion can bring—fatigue, bloating, moodiness, and even depression ...

Much of the food you eat is absorbed by your digestive system. But some makes it all the way through those twists and turns and comes out the other end.