Research Articles
The Body's Chemical Backfire: When Life-Saving Drugs Turn Toxic
Exploring biological reactive intermediates - the dangerous molecules created when our bodies process drugs and chemicals, and how this research improves human safety.
The Invisible Storm: How 'Forever Chemicals' Hijack a Water Flea's Metabolism
Discover how PFAS forever chemicals disrupt aquatic ecosystems through metabolic changes in Daphnia magna at sublethal exposure levels.
Hitler's Gift and the Era of Biosynthesis
Explore how scientific exodus during WWII revolutionized biosynthesis research and led to groundbreaking discoveries in metabolic pathways and enzyme functions.
The Spark of Life: How a Simple Molecule Could Have Powered Early Evolution
Exploring how thioesters could have acted as primordial batteries to power the first metabolic networks before enzymes existed.
Bile Acids: From Digestion to Doctors—How These Tiny Molecules Revolutionized Medicine
Explore the fascinating journey of bile acids from simple digestive aids to sophisticated signaling molecules that regulate health and disease.
Isotopic Memory: How Atoms Remember Your Metabolic Past
Discover how stable isotopes create atomic records of metabolic history, revealing insights from ancient climates to cancer research through isotopic remembrance.
The Flavin Connection: Molecular Bridges from Ancient RNA to Modern Life
Exploring how flavins connect modern metabolism and DNA repair to the ancient RNA world hypothesis of life's origins.
The Hidden Highways of Life: A Trp Down the Biosynthetic Pathway
Exploring the fascinating biosynthetic pathway of tryptophan, one of biology's most enigmatic and expensive amino acids to produce.
The Purple Tears: Unraveling the Mysteries of Porphyria
Exploring the biochemical mysteries, diagnostic challenges, and treatment frontiers of porphyria disorders.