Smokers show fewer symptoms or appear less affected by certain toxins
Some smokers show fewer symptoms or appear less affected by certain toxins â arsenic included â at doses that harm nonsmokers. This isnât protection in the traditional sense. Itâs more…
The age-old debate between hard rock and heavy metal
In ancient Egypt, flint was the very essence of divinity. Imagine the god Thoth, with his ibis head and scribe’s palette, his heart not of flesh and blood, but of…
Flint Knappers: The tech giants of the Stone Age
Picture, if you will, a time when smartphones were but a twinkle in the eye of evolution, and the height of technology was a pointy stick. Enter the flint knapper,…
Chuckmuck: The Fanny Pack of the Silk Road
Picture this: It’s the 17th century, and you’re a traveler on the ancient trade routes stretching from the snow-capped Himalayas to the bustling ports of Japan. Hanging from your belt…
HFE H63D & VO2Â max
SMOKE EM IF YOU GOT EM The HFE H63D is a single-nucleotide polymorphism in the HFE gene (c.187C>G, rs1799945), which results in the substitution of a histidine for an aspartic acid at amino acid position 63…
Transferrin binding and PH
Transferrin binding to transferrin receptors reduces its affinity for iron. Two pathways can occur once endocytosedâdegradation or recycling pathways. The degradation pathway is where the dissociation of ferric ions from transferrin…
Thermolysin – The Tiny Terminator of Plasma Proteins!
Both thermolysin and snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs) share a similar mechanism of action, utilizing zinc ions to hydrolyze peptide bonds in proteins
Adamalysin II, the protein world’s very own Eastern diamondback rattlesnake superstar
Adamalysin II, alias proteinase II, a 24 kDa zinc-endopeptidase isolated from the snake venom of the Eastern diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus adamanteus, is a prototype, of the proteolytic domain of snake venom metalloproteinases and of domains found in mammalian reproductive tract proteins.
Ovotransferrin aka conalbumin
Ovotransferrin (conalbumin) is a glycoprotein of egg white albumen. Egg white albumen is composed of multiple proteins, of which ovotransferrin is the most heat reliable. It has a molecular weight of 76,000 daltons and contains about 700 amino acids.…












