Category: Research
Reinstating the Biological Clock to a Healthier State Could Help Treat Obesity
According to a new study conducted by English and Polish researchers, high-fat diets wreak havoc with the biological clock (circadian rhythm), which may be one of the causes of …Children’s Feces Contain Ten Times More Microplastics than Those of Adults
Babies are proportionally more exposed to plastic than adults because of Baby bottles, toys, floor mats, and pacifiers. Even newborn babies’ first stools are contaminated! The impact of this …Evolution: New Study Explains How Humans Have Lost Their Tails
Unlike most mammals, humans, and the great apes do not have tails. Scientists have now identified the genetic mutation that caused this loss. They also found that it came …MIT Engineers Grow Functioning Replicas of the Pancreas Out of Both Healthy and Cancerous Pancreatic Tissue
Scientists and engineers from two institutes, namely Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, collaborated and developed a new way of growing organoids that can function …A New Method of Bioprinting Neurons Could Decrease the Need for Testing on Animals
A new method of bioprinting adult neuron cells has been developed by researchers. They used a new laser-assisted technology that improves cell viability and functionality. An Improvement on previous …Inhibiting the Effects of the TREX1 Enzyme Could Stop the Spread of Breast Cancer
The compression of certain cells can go so far as compromising nuclear envelope integrity by rupturing the nucleus, leading to DNA damage which then promotes the invasion of the …Two Amino Acids Administered Intranasally Could Cure Parkinson’s Disease
In their quest for a cure for Parkinson’s disease scientists have developed two peptides. These peptides when administered intranasally slowed the death of dopaminergic neurons thereby improving the symptoms …Breastfeeding: Pumping Breast Milk Changes the Composition of Its Microbiota
The World Health Organization (WHO) strongly recommends breastfeeding a baby for the first two years of life. The benefits of breastfeeding are indisputable and have been proven in the …Chronic Infections and Cancers Can Lead To Functional Exhaustion of T Cells
T cells play a central role in the immune response. In order to better treat cancer and chronic infections, a recently published study investigated the mechanisms of T cell …