Molecular biology of the gut

Molecular biology of the gut

Editorial The gastrointestinal tract is the largest exposed surface among mammalian macroorganisms. It is constantly exposed to substantial challenges and exerts a potpourri of diverse physiological functions. Among the major intestinal functions is the digestion of nutrients and subsequent uptake and metabolism of their respective building blocks, control of absorption and secretion of water, ...

The 15th Iranian National Congress of Biochemistry & 6th International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Synthetic Biology and the Gut Microbiome.

The gut microbiome plays a crucial role in maintaining human health. Functions performed by gastrointestinal microbes range from regulating metabolism to modulating immune and nervous system development. Scientists have attempted to exploit this importance through the development of engineered probiotics that are capable of producing and delivering small molecule therapeutics within the gut. Ho...

The molecular biology frontier.

To begin my personal reflection of Circulation Research, I would like to congratulate Eduardo Marbán and all the other Editors in commemoration of 50 years of this venerable journal. It is really a most honorable privilege for me to write this editorial, for Circulation Research was highly influential in encouraging me as a clinical cardiologist to become a scientific researcher. In 1970, I sta...

Molecular Biology of the Gene

The tremendous advances of recent years in molecular biology warrant a summary statement of our knowledge in the form of a text for the beginner in the field. James D. Watson, 1962 Nobelist in Physiology and Medicine, has superbly filled this need with his lucid account of the Molecular Biology of the Gene. As the author has aimed his report toward the nonspecialist, he has assumed only the inf...