In a recent review published in Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, a research team led by Associated Professor Wang ...

Starch is a vital component of the human diet, serving as a primary energy source. However, high-glycemic starches are linked ...

Explore how starchy foods and agriculture shaped the human genome, driving evolutionary changes in starch digestion.

Oct. 3: Departmental Seminar with Dr. Sandra L. McLellan and Dr. Lynde B. Uihlein Oct. 10: Departmental Seminar with Dr. Sudeep Sarkar Oct. 17: Departmental Seminar ...

Nuts are not a low-calorie food, but a few studies have shown we absorb fewer of their calories than once thought. For ...

Our bodies absolutely need carbohydrates for energy. It’s a matter of survival. So much so, that some human populations have ...

Scientists have suspected that modern humans have more genes to digest starch than our hunter-gatherer ancestors, but the amylase locus of the genome is hard to study. Researchers have now developed ...

Over the past 12,000 years, humans in Europe have dramatically increased their ability to digest carbohydrates, expanding the ...

The Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degree in biology and biochemistry require that: No biology or biochemistry course with a grade below C- be used as a prerequisite for a more advanced ...

Chemical biology is the study of the chemicals and chemical reactions involved in biological processes, incorporating the disciplines of bioorganic chemistry, biochemistry, cell biology and ...