Centenarians and the Longevity “Biases”

Centenarians and the Longevity “Biases”

If a centenarian says she drank a liter of wine every day of her life, does the rule apply that a liter of wine a day keeps the doctor away? Obviously not. It is called “survivorship bias”, as Bradley Elliott explains in The Conversation. Let us see what it is

Amino Acids: What They Are

Amino Acids: What They Are

They are called the “building blocks of life” because they make up all the proteins present in living organisms, which are indispensable for every biological function. Let us find out how many there are and which ones, how they are classified and how they are synthesized