Metabolism is the process by which your body turns food into energy through chemical reactions in your cells. Your metabolic rate is a measurement of how many calories (units of energy) your body ...

Vampire bats have become such specialized bloodsuckers that they metabolize their food more like some blood-feeding flies than like other known mammals, a new experiment shows. The common vampire ...

What are inherited metabolic disorders? Inherited metabolic disorders — also known as inborn errors of metabolism — are heritable, or genetic, disorders. There are hundreds of known inborn errors of ...

Energy metabolism is the process of generating energy (ATP) from nutrients. Metabolism comprises a series of interconnected pathways that can function in the presence or absence of oxygen.