Glutathione at a glance What it is: a small molecule made of three amino acids: glutamate, cysteine and glycine Where it is made: inside almost every cell, with the liver as a major producer What it does: neutralises peroxides, tags chemicals for removal and helps set the cell’s overall chemical balance Its limiting ingredient: cysteine, … Read more
NRF2 is the protein cells use to switch on hundreds of protective genes when they come under chemical or oxidative stress. This guide explains how it works, what turns it on, where it has reached medicine, and why more is not always better.
Your body contains approximately 37 trillion cells. None of them act alone. A muscle cell contracting, an immune cell hunting a pathogen, a liver cell clearing a toxin — each of these is a response to a signal received from somewhere else. Cellular signalling is the communication infrastructure that makes coordinated biology possible, and understanding … Read more