Vitamin B12: Power broker to the microbes
Constant jostling for precious commodities—money, oil, high-speed Internet access, our morning coffee—shapes the world we live in.
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News tagged with vitamin b12
Developing a sensor for vitamin B12 deficiency
University of Adelaide researchers have developed a world-first optical sensor that can detect vitamin B12 in diluted human blood – a first step towards a low-cost, portable, broadscale vitamin B12 deficiency test. Vitamin ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 17, 2016
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Scientists identify and map the protein behind a light-sensing mechanism
MIT scientists, working with colleagues in Spain, have discovered and mapped a light-sensing protein that uses vitamin B12 to perform key functions, including gene regulation.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 28, 2015
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Ancestral diets determine vulnerability to type 2 diabetes
The middle classes from developing countries are more susceptible than western Caucasians to obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in today's changing environment. New research published today in Cell Metabolism ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 10, 2015
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Researchers discover new producer of crucial vitamin
(Phys.org) —New research has determined that a single group of micro-organisms may be responsible for much of the world's vitamin B12 production in the oceans, with implications for the global carbon cycle and climate change.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 11, 2014
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Vitamin B12 accelerates worm development
Everyday our cells take in nutrients from food and convert them into the building blocks that make life possible. However, it has been challenging to pinpoint exactly how a single nutrient or vitamin changes gene expression ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 13, 2014
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Scientific breakthrough reveals how vitamin B12 is made
(Phys.org) —A scientific breakthrough by researchers at the University of Kent has revealed how vitamin B12/antipernicious anaemia factor is made – a challenge often referred to as 'the Mount Everest of biosynthetic problems'.
Biochemistry
Aug 8, 2013
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Vitamin variants could combat cancer as scientists unravel B12 secrets
(Phys.org)—In a development that may lead to new drugs to treat cancer, scientists at the University have discovered the process by which a key vitamin (B12) is made in cells.
Biochemistry
Oct 8, 2012
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Vitamins doing gymnastics: Scientists capture first full image of vitamin B12 in action
You see it listed on the side of your cereal box and your multivitamin bottle. It's vitamin B12, part of a nutritious diet like all those other vitamins and minerals.
Biochemistry
Mar 27, 2012
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