Ho Yan Yeung, PhD, first author on the study (left) and Thomas Koch, PhD, also an author on the study (right) examine a freshly-collected batch of cone snails. Credit: Safavi Lab The somatostatin-like ...
Ho Yan Yeung and Thomas Koch examining cone snails – Credit: Safavi Lab / SWNS Consomatin lasts far longer in the body than the human hormone, due to the inclusion of an unusual amino acid that ...
D-aspartic acid (D-asp) is an amino acid that is important for both the endocrine system and the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord). Studies have indicated that it boosts testosterone ...
According to Helena Safavi, associate professor of biochemistry in the University of Utah’s Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine and the senior author on the study, venomous animals have, through ...