In a paper published in Nature Cancer today, physician-scientists from Pitt and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh discovered that DMG tumors are uniquely dependent on methionine – an ...

The method is based on the residue’s redox chemistry. Under physiological conditions, the chemists found that methionine reacts with oxaziridine reagents to form a sulfimide (shown). From there ...

Essential amino acid in humans, methionine, controls cell growth Date: January 4, 2019 Source: National Centre for Biological Sciences Summary: A recent study from the Laxman lab elucidates how a ...

A diet rich in methionine, an amino acid typically found in red meats, fish, beans, eggs, garlic, lentils, onions, yogurt and seeds, can possibly increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's ...

According to an article recently published in Food and Chemical Toxicology, a diet supplemented with or deficient in methionine, an essential amino acid abundant in eggs, meat and seafood ...