“Quite simply, the widespread introduction of amino acids in the form of powers, pills, or capsules is the most exciting advance in health and nutrition in 25 years.” These are the words of Robert ...

Scientists trying to engineer biologic molecules with new functions have long felt limited by the 20 amino-acid building blocks. Researchers are working to develop ways of putting new building ...

It's a dogma taught in every introductory biology class: Proteins are composed of combinations of 20 different amino acids, arranged into diverse sequences like words. But researchers trying to ...

“They increase the quality of the muscle you build as opposed to just the size of the actual muscle.” ...

Amino acids are absolutely essential to our health—and for life itself. They are the so-called “building blocks” of proteins. They play a key role in the growth, repair, and maintenance of almost ...

The first thing they noticed was that the infected mice were not eating as much—a sign of likely metabolic changes.