High-Fat Diets: Rewiring the Liver for Cancer
Not cautious about how much fat you eat? MIT study shows how a high-fat diet strains liver cells and can increase the likelihood of cancer.
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New Evidence Links Hunger Neurons to Social Needs in Early Life
Hunger neurons tell children and teens when they are “hungry” for social time, not just for food, but by adulthood these neurons only apply to food.
A New Era for Treatment: Cancer Vaccines
A cancer vaccine using a special type of molecule is one of the newer research trajectories aimed at improving cancer treatment.
A Potential New Treatment for Chronic Pain
Chronic pain management may have a new angle, with a recent finding that regulatory T cells in female mice influence their pain perception.
How a Tiny Gene Mutation May Have Shaped Human Language
A gene mutation in the brain 200,000 years ago may be responsible for human language, as seen in a controlled experiment on the NOVA1 gene.
Bioprinting Skin for Cosmetics and Drug Testing
Bioprinting skin models that react on par with actual skin could lead to new possibilities for how labs test cosmetics and drugs.