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.
Constant jostling for precious commodities—money, oil, high-speed Internet access, our morning coffee—shapes the world we live in.
Biochemistry
Jan 30, 2017
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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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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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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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(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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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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(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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(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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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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