When it meets up with oxygen, it becomes phosphate. Most phosphates team up with calcium to build and repair your bones and teeth. Some support your muscles and nerves. Here's where things get ...

For example, the hard part of your bones and teeth is made from calcium connected to a chemical called “phosphate”. Together, they make the substance, calcium phosphate. Sidewalk chalk is made from ...

Change the medium 1 h before transfection. 2| To prepare the calcium phosphate–DNA coprecipitate, combine 100 μl of 2.5 M CaCl 2 with 25 μg of plasmid DNA in a sterile 5-ml plastic tube and ...

Calcium's leading role is legendary. In fact, there seems to be no end to calcium's repertoire: It strengthens bones and teeth and new studies suggest that it may also prevent colon cancer, and ...

To avoid this, cells keep their internal calcium level very low; in their environment, however, it is 10,000 times higher. Outside the cells, the concentration of protons (H +) and therefore the ...

Luis Pereira-Da-Silva, Abdurrachid Nurmamodo, João M. Videira Amaral, Maria L. Rosa, Maria C. Almeida, Maria L. Ribeiro ...

Stress granules (SGs) form in response to diverse environmental signals. Here, the signaling pathways that connect lysosomal ...

A shortage of medicines is putting patients' health at risk, pharmacists have warned, as notifications were sent out on more ...

Calcium is essential for bone health. Yet 16 percent of 11–18 year olds and 9 percent of 16–49 year olds consume less than the Lowest Reference Nutrient Intake (LRNI) of calcium through food ...

Fresh ginger gets its characteristic bite from gingerol which is structurally similar to capsaicin, the molecule that gives chili peppers their heat. When dried, the gingerol is dehydrated to ...

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