Cancer, Specialized Topics
Last Updated: September 12, 2025 Introduction to Tumor Suppressor Genes Tumor suppressor genes were first identified by making cell hybrids between tumor and normal cells. On some occasions a chromosome from the normal cell reverted the transformed phenotype. Several...
Biochemistry Topics, Carbohydrate Metabolism
Last Updated: September 10, 2025 Digestion of Dietary Carbohydrates Dietary carbohydrate, from which humans gain energy, enters the body in complex forms, such as disaccharides and the polymers starch (amylose and amylopectin) and glycogen. The polymer cellulose is...