It can turn a toxic threat into a splash of color. Scientists studying the orange-to-red melanin in bird feathers have found ...

A pigment that makes feathers and hair orange helps prevent cellular damage by removing excess cysteine from cells.

Orange pigment may limit cellular damage by managing sulfur-rich nutrients, shedding light on why orange coloration persists ...

Cysteine oxidation is a crucial biochemical process whereby the thiol side chain of cysteine residues is modified by reactive oxygen species. These modifications, including sulfenylation and ...

Scientists have uncovered a startling metabolic twist: mice engineered to lack the amino acid cysteine, and fed a cysteine-free diet, shed nearly a third of their body weight in just a week. The ...

DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. — CJ BIO, a subsidiary of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang, is helping plant-based food manufacturers meet demand for clean labeling and natural ingredients with FlavorNrich, which ...