Glycine is a type of amino acid, which is a building block of proteins found in our bodies. It helps with the growth and maintenance of tissues, as well as the production of enzymes. Full definition
In 2009, Elsila and her colleagues found the amino acid glycine in samples from comet Wild 2, gathered and brought back to Earth by NASA's Stardust mission. (newscientist.com)
A team headed by Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer from the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Zurich did now reveal which inhibitory neurons in the spinal cord are responsible for this control function: As the study published in the science journal Neuron shows, the control cells are located in the spinal dorsal horn and use the amino acid glycine as an inhibitory messenger. (sciencedaily.com)