Glucose-galactose malabsorption (GGM) is a rare inherited metabolic disorder that prevents the body from absorbing two simple sugars: glucose and galactose. Glucose-galactose malabsorption (GGM) is a ...

Engineers have developed a new way to produce tagatose, a low-calorie sugar, using engineered bacteria and cheap glucose ...

For more than a century, food scientists have searched for ways to satisfy a sweet tooth without the health risks tied to ...

Scientists say they have found a way to make a rare sugar that behaves almost exactly like table sugar, but with far fewer ...

Tagatose acts almost exactly like sugar—offering sweetness, bulk and texture in baked goods—and is created with the help of ...

Breast milk is full of good things that babies need -- key nutrients, hormones, and antibodies that protect them from disease and keep them healthy. It’s easy to test for galactosemia. It’s also ...

In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, utilization of galactose requires four inducible enzyme activities. Three of these activities (galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase, EC 2.7.7.10; uridine ...

There’s no conspiracy among mothers. Across all species, mothers stop producing milk when the job is done. Growth slows, and the sugar supply shuts off… Just because we can digest milk doesn’t mean we ...