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Lipid Metabolism Enzymes Sugar Alcohols Energy Production Fatty Acids Metabolites Fat Metabolism Reactive Oxygen Species Cellular Processes Oxidative Stress

Handheld Breathalyzer Measures Acetone to Show When Body Burns Fat

Separating acetone from breath water vapor gives lab-like readings that could let people track fat burning at home.

Handbook Review Finds Creatine Boosts Performance With Clear Limits

Nature Metabolism Review Recasts Fructose as a Distinct Driver of Metabolic Disease

High-Fat Nutrients Spur Invasive Traits in 3D Model of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

NADPH Disruption Fuels Early Pancreatic Lesions as ME1 Loss Drives Cancer Progression

Researchers Deliver 4D Whole-Cell Simulation That Replicates Minimal Bacterium’s Full Life Cycle

CRISPR Nutrigenomics Study Finds Vitamin B3 Rescues Fatal NAXD in Mice

Lab Study Ties Common Sweetener Erythritol to Blood–Brain Barrier Damage and Stroke Risk

Mouse Study Traces Soybean Oil’s Obesity Link to Liver-Made Oxylipins

Mouse Study Traces Soybean Oil’s Obesity Effect to an Oxylipin Pathway

UK Biobank Unveils Final Metabolomics Data on 500,000 People, Paving Way for Early Disease Risk Tests

PNAS Study Maps Sperm’s Energy Switch, Pointing to Targets for On-Demand Male Contraception

Rapalink-1 Extends Yeast Lifespan, Revealing an Agmatinase Feedback on TORC1

Mushrooms Evolved Psilocybin Two Ways, Lab Study Confirms

Microbial D‑Lactate Tied to Liver Fat and High Blood Sugar as Mouse ‘Gut Trap’ Shows Benefit

Ohio State Pilot Links Ketogenic Diet to About 70% Drop in Depression Symptoms in Students

Thioesters Link Amino Acids to RNA in Water, Advancing Origin‑of‑Life Chemistry

UCL Team Shows Simple Chemistry Can Link Amino Acids to RNA and Build Peptides

T Cells Convert Sugar Into Lipid Rafts to Amplify Tumor-Fighting Signals

Blocking UPP1 Enzyme Halts Breast Cancer Metastasis in Preclinical Tests