How a Molecular Matchmaker Is Furthering Alzheimer’s Research
A new drug helping natural enzymes target a dysregulated protein represents a step forward in Alzheimer’s research.
Category: Health
Gene Alteration of Mushrooms for Better Plant-Based Meat
Bioengineers produce a plant-based protein with a fraction of the environmental impact of meat by altering mushroom proteins.
Kiwifruit in Diet Is Linked to Improved Mood
Eating kiwifruit could improve mental health for people with low vitamin C, with real fruit showing more benefits than a vitamin supplement.
Sepsis Survivors Are More Vulnerable to Infection
Read how immune cells are like fighters on the planet Dune, and how this defense system changes for sepsis survivors.
Feeling Brain Fog? It Could Be in Your Blood
Brain fog accompanying long COVID could be the result of breaches in a cellular barrier protecting the brain.
Could Chemotherapy Efficacy Be Better?
Researchers further chemotherapy efficacy by identifying antibodies that attack a specific protein in tumor cells.
Childbirth Is Both Life-Changing and Brain-Changing
Neuroscientists studying childbirth found different effects on brain cortex volume for those recovering from a natural delivery or C-section.
New Data on Protein Structure in Blood Cells
Emerging research on a 3D protein structure within red blood cells tells us how this and similarly shaped proteins work in the body.
Video Gaming Disorder May Be Linked to Underlying Mental Health
Depression and anxiety can act as moderators that affect the relationship between gaming time and gaming disorder.
Ant-ibiotics: How Ants Treat Infections
Matabele ants of sub-Saharan Africa are the only other known species to recognize infections and be able to use antibiotics for treatment.