Category: Medical Research
Brain Implants Used to Treat Epilepsy Do Not Change Personality in Patients
Brain implants may prevent epilepsy symptoms, including seizures. Theoretically, they can change self-esteem or personality. Epilepsy manifests itself in seizures, which can take different forms. They are caused by …
Weight Loss Breakthrough: Researchers Develop an Anti Obesity Drug That Targets Mitochondria
A study at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) has discovered a specific molecule that could treat obesity by targeting mitochondria. The findings, published in the journal EMBO Molecular …Australian Scientists Build DNA Nanostructures for Manipulating Synthetic Liposomes
Taking inspiration from the way that bacteria send messages to each other through electromagnetic waves, Dr. Matthew Baker and Dr. Shelley Wickham have developed a new way of creating …
The Flatulence Caused by the Consumption of Plant Based Foods Is Not a Sign of Disease
Eating a lot of vegetables, fruit, and cereals, is thought to increase bloating and the amount of excreted feces due to a change in the intestinal microflora, which becomes …
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 …Scientists Discover a New Role of Glial Cells in the Nervous System of the Gut
In the US, about 30 million people are living with gut motility disorders. The medical research aims to study possible causes of gut motility disorders, find mechanisms of the …Daily Time-Restricted Feeding Alters Gene Expression throughout the Body
Altering the type or amount of nutrients consumed alters gene expression and functional processes, which underpin several observable health effects. The mechanism is through the activation of AMP-activated protein …