From the Realia - Game, Kit, etc.
Disc 1. Biochemistry is the science of us --
Why water is essential for life --
Amino acids : 20 building blocks of life --
From peptide bonds to protein structure --
Protein folding, misfolding, and disorder --
Hemoglobin function follows structure --
Disc 2. Enzymes' amazing speed and specificity --
Enzyme regulation in cells --
Fatty acids, fats, and other lipids --
Sugars : glucose and the carbohydrates --
ATP and energy transformations in cells --
Breaking down sugars and fatty acids --
Disc 3. Metabolism meets at the citric acid cycle --
Energy harvesting in animals and plants --
How animals make carbs and fats --
Cholesterol, membranes, lipoproteins --
Metabolic control during exercise and rest --
How plants make carbs and other metabolites --
Disc 4. Recycling nitrogen : amino acids, nucleotides --
Eating, antioxidants, and the microbiome --
Hormones, stress, and cell division --
Neurotransmitters, the brain, and addiction --
The biochemistry of our senses --
From biochemistry to molecular biology --
Disc 5. DNA and RNA : information in structure --
DNA replication in bacteria ; PCR in the lab --
Chromosome replication, telomeres, aging --
DNA mismatch and excision repair --
DNA recombination, gene editing, CRISPR --
Transcribing DNA to RNA --
Disc 6. Translating RNA into proteins --
Protein-synthesis controls and epigenetics --
Human genetic disease and gene therapy --
Cancer mechanisms and treatments --
Biotechnology, stem cells, synthetic biology --
Omics : genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics