Urea cycle disorders are congenital diseases that are caused by a dysfunctional urea cycle. The genetics and biochemistry of these disorders have been extensively studied. They are the result of a ...

The number of elderly suffering from Alzheimer's disease has been rapidly rising over the past decades. For a long time, scientists believed that misfolded aggregates of amyloid-beta protein ...

Scientists have discovered that marine diatoms, tiny phytoplankton abundant in the sea, have an animal-like urea cycle, and that this cycle enables the diatoms to efficiently use carbon and nitrogen ...

An Indiana University School of Medicine physician scientist is making strides in understanding the molecular origins of fatty liver disease, a leading cause of liver failure in the United States. By ...

Diatoms are the main component of phytoplankton and thus form the basis of the marine food chain. Because they carry out photosynthesis with their chloroplasts, they account for a large proportion of ...

Scientists have discovered that marine diatoms, tiny phytoplankton abundant in the sea, have an animal-like urea cycle, and that this cycle enables the diatoms to efficiently use carbon and nitrogen ...

What determines whether astrocytes play a beneficial or detrimental role in Alzheimer’s disease? It’s surely complicated, but a study in the June 10 online Cell Metabolism lays some of the blame on ...

A urea cycle disorder is a genetic condition which elevates the blood ammonia concentration above the normal level. A urea cycle disorder (UCD) is a genetic condition brought about by gene mutations ...

Newswise — INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana University School of Medicine physician scientist is making strides in understanding the molecular origins of fatty liver disease, a leading cause of liver failure ...

The specific symptoms of disorders related to the urea cycle vary among the different types of these disorders. Typically, with complete deficiency of urea cycle enzymes, symptoms present within the ...