A new Cornell University study brings additional clarity to the relationship between Type 2 diabetes and genes that express a salivary enzyme that breaks down starch.

Nutrition scientists have been working to understand the relationship between type 2 diabetes and genes that express a ...

The experiments show a real chance of creating self-sufficient, closed-loop living spaces using shelters made from ...

Control experiments were performed with 12 nM α-amylase in 0.1 M phosphate buffer/0.04 M NaCl placed in the sample cell at 310 K, and various volumes (1–10 μL) of starch solution were recurrently ...

"That's what we wanted to know in this experiment. What's going on in the mouth if someone eats starch, and is the answer different if their copy number is high or it's low?" said Poole. "What we ...

Study: The Impact of Human Salivary Amylase Gene Copy Number and Starch on Oral Biofilms. Image Credit: Stastny_Pavel / Shutterstock It's common knowledge that sugar causes cavities, but new ...

A French science historian dug deep into the true story of the Stanford prison experiment – revealing ‘guards’ were actually coached to be brutal. His findings are now available in English.

The documentary's structure reflects Eisner's research journey. The first episode ("The Hallway") focuses on the standard account of the experiment that has dominated for the last 50 years. The ...

Study co-led by UB finds the gene for starch-digesting saliva may have first duplicated more than 800,000 years ago, seeding the genetic variation that shapes our modern diet.

Sep. 4, 2024 — Scientists have suspected that modern humans have more genes to digest starch than our hunter-gatherer ancestors, but the amylase locus of the genome is hard to study.

The domestication of wheat and other starch-rich crops starting 12,000 years ago most likely drove the evolution of extra amylase genes in humans. Adam Riding for The New York Times ...