Saving the single cysteine: New antioxidant system found
Friday, November 20, 2009 - 23:28
in Health & Medicine
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---We've all read studies about the health benefits of having a life partner. The same thing is true at the molecular level, where amino acids known as cysteines are much more vulnerable to damage when single than when paired up with other cysteines.