Modern chemical discoveries

Chemical Engineers in the Biomedical Field: from Discoveries to Solutions

• establishing the role of the pancreas in controlling digestion, • determining the glycogenic function of the liver (which later helped understand the critical roles played by glucose and insulin in regulating vital bodily processes), and • demonstrating that nerves could either expand or constrict blood vessels, a breakthrough that helped understand the vasomotor system (vaso refers to blood ...

Modern chemical warfare: a history.

Recent events including the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in New York, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania have illustrated the vulnerability of the United States to terrorist activity. Many experts agree that a chemical or biological event is likely to occur within the continental United States during our lifetime. The anesthesiologist, as well as, emergency medicine provider and critical care specialis...

Ancient Indian insights and modern discoveries in nutrition, exercise and weight control.

Modern plant metabolomics: advanced natural product gene discoveries, improved technologies, and future prospects.

Plant metabolomics has matured and modern plant metabolomics has accelerated gene discoveries and the elucidation of a variety of plant natural product biosynthetic pathways. This review covers the approximate period of 2000 to 2014, and highlights specific examples of the discovery and characterization of novel genes and enzymes associated with the biosynthesis of natural products such as flav...

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