Gut Fungi Influence Your Metabolism
The body’s community of gut fungi, called the mycobiome, has a big influence on metabolic health, and changes in diet can throw it out of whack.
Category: Health
Cancer Treatment from a DNA “Trojan Horse”
Scientists have crafted a cancer-fighting Trojan horse by making folded DNA and filling the tiny pockets with anti-cancer drugs.
Using the Immune System to Treat Cancer
Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered a novel way to attack tumors using the body’s own immune system to treat cancer.
A Game Playing App May Have Just Helped Create COVID Vaccines for the Developing World
Thanks to volunteers playing a citizen science game, researchers have identified better mRNA for vaccines, possibly unlocking COVID vaccines for the developing world.
Sweet Solution: Taste Protein Guides Drug Design
A taste-signaling protein found in the tongue and pancreas provides a way to design healthier sugar substitutes and new diabetes medications.
Hotspots of Bat-Human Virus Transmission
Covid-19 is not the first pandemic to strike humanity, and it won’t be the last. Scientists are investigating bat-human virus transmission.
Colleges need vaccine mandates
H. Holdent Thorp, Editor-in-Chief of AAAS Science journals explains why college communities will benefit from vaccine mandates in the school year to come.
What do you think about when you sleep?
Sleep is when we process the experiences of the day and form long-term memories. But how does your brain decide which memories to keep?
Music Helps Rebuild Language After Stroke
Stroke survivors with aphasia, the loss of language skills, are helped in their recovery by listening to music with lyrics.
Neuromodulation: How We Manipulate Brain Cells
Neuromodulation to treat illnesses has been limited by being too invasive or too general, but new research on ultrasound shows promise.