Stable isotope labeled amino acids have emerged as indispensable tools for researchers in the fields of biology and medicine, offering unique opportunities to delve into complex biological processes ...

Imagine you're sitting at a pond, listening to the din of croaking frogs. You want to know how many frogs are in the pond, but you can't pick out the individual croaks—only the combined sound rising ...

He says they are especially excited about using carbon-11 amino acids to measure the rate that our bodies are producing proteins because this can be an indicator of disease.