RECENTLY, Gero and Withrow 1 have cited the catalysis of alkaline triglyceride hydrolysis by lysine as a chemical model of a biological reaction. They postulated a bifunctional 2 attack by lysine upon ...

The Resomator stands monolithic in the corner of a room on the ground floor of a building at UCLA. It’s as sterile as a hospital in here, but every patient is already dead. This is the penultimate ...

This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. State regulators have ordered a Texas medical school to immediately halt its ...

An alternative human burial method, known as alkaline hydrolysis or ‘water cremation,’ has started to gain traction in recent years. Alkaline hydrolysis is marketed as a greener, cleaner form of ...

Durham University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Already a popular option in the US, and famously chosen by Archbishop Desmond Tutu who died in 2021, alkaline ...