Aug. 2, 2023 —From influencing how our body stores fat to how our brain regulates appetite, hundreds of genes, along with environmental factors, collectively determine our weight and body size. Now, researchers ...
Aug. 2, 2023 —A study on almost four thousand people of African descent has identified a gene that acts as natural defense against HIV by limiting its replication in certain white blood cells. This research paves ...
Aug. 2, 2023 —One of the beneficial gut bacteria residing in the human gut, which normally cannot survive in an environment with oxygen, can now be made oxygen-tolerant. This is a key finding in the development of ...
Aug. 2, 2023 —New research has identified age-related changes in brain patterns associated with the risk for developing schizophrenia. The discovery could help clinicians identify the risk for developing mental ...
Aug. 2, 2023 —Antiviral therapies are notoriously difficult to develop, as viruses can quickly mutate to become resistant to drugs. But what if a new generation of antivirals ignores the fast-mutating proteins on ...
Aug. 2, 2023 —New research has found irregular sleep patterns are associated with harmful bacteria in your ...
Aug. 1, 2023 —In a sample of nearly 3,000 older adults who took vision tests and cognitive tests during home visits, the risk of dementia was much higher among ...
Aug. 1, 2023 —The closure in January 2016 of one of Pittsburgh's biggest coal-processing plants led to immediate and lasting declines in emissions of fossil fuel-related air pollutants. These in turn were linked ...
Aug. 1, 2023 —Based on decades of work to uncover the underlying mechanisms of asthma and other respiratory conditions, researchers have produced a simple, rapid ...
Aug. 1, 2023 —People with type-II diabetes who drank the fermented tea drink kombucha for four weeks had lower fasting blood glucose levels compared to when they ...