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...vitamin may, just may, help ward off the ravages of Alzheimer's disease. In a study of more than 1,000 older adults published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at Boston University and Tufts University found that subjects who had high levels of a particular amino acid called homocysteine in their blood were twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's as those who didn't. The finding is important because one of the easiest ways to lower homocysteine levels is to get plenty of folic acid...
...foot, six-inch giant” who “defied conventional description with his penchant for tricks that masked a mind that always thought big.” With Gamow, Watson founded the RNA Tie Club, a group of twenty scientists—one for each amino acid—who sought to understand the purpose of RNA. Watson’s descriptions of many of these scientists often zero in on their idiosyncracies and help personalize the names now placed on pedestals in introductory biology classes...
...legendary food preference still makes a lot of sense. Spinach is loaded with iron and folate, a B vitamin considered so important that it is now routinely added to flour. Folate not only prevents neural-tube defects in babies but also lowers blood levels of homocysteine, an amino acid that irritates blood vessels and is linked to heart disease. Just as impressive, spinach contains two phytochemicals, lutein and zeaxanthin, that seem to ward off macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness. One cup of spinach contains just 41 calories and no fat, so you needn't worry about any unsightly...
...chemical for tracing fingerprints, developed jointly by U.S. and Israeli scientists, gave investigators their first break in the hunt for the Palestinian gunmen who killed a government minister in a Jerusalem hotel last October. Imdamediome, a yellow powder that is dissolved in liquid, reacts with the amino acids in sweat left by the touch of a finger but invisible to the naked eye. Investigators used the chemical to analyze a newspaper found in the hotel room reportedly occupied by the assassins of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze'evi. Conventional methods probably would not have worked, say Israeli print experts...
Taurine: an amino acid found in nerve tissue, bile and the juices of muscle, especially in invertebrates. The taurine in drinks is synthetic and aids in the production of neurotransmitters. (All drinks and baby formula...