By Doris Loh The end of summer is approaching. Parents, schools and policy-makers are faced with the almost impossible task of weighing the benefits against risks of in-person education when virtual alternatives are available. What are the real risks facing...
By Doris Loh Why should you take vitamin C, ascorbic acid, to protect against infectious viruses like the recent outbreak of the novel human coronavirus in Wuhan, China [1]? The answer lies in the way how coronaviruses affect mitochondrial functions, and how...
Mitochondria are dynamic organelles that constantly change their shapes and sizes. The shaping of mitochondria affects the functions of the mitochondrial supercomplexes that are located within the folds of the cristae (inner mitochondrial membrane). The...
Art and science are similar in some ways. The success of an artist depends upon the ability to realize the imagination, while the success of a scientist depends on the ability to find reality in the imagination. The extensive work that has been done on...
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1931 was awarded to Otto Heinrich Warburg “for his discovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme." The Nobel Lecture presented by Warburg on December 10, 1931 “The oxygen-transferring ferment of...
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to William G. Kaelin Jr., Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability by using specific molecules that regulate the activity...