Your body recycling itself -- captured on film (w/ Video)
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 09:35
in Biology & Nature
Our bodies recycle proteins, the fundamental building blocks that enable cell growth and development. Proteins are made up of a chain of amino acids, and scientists have known since the 1980s that first one in the chain determines the lifetime of a protein. McGill researchers have finally discovered how the cell identifies this first amino acid - and caught it on camera.