Food for thought: Obesity may affect the brain too
Calorie-filled meals with little nutrition are suspected of having an impact on decision-making and of causing an overweight trap.
Feb 15, 2024
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Calorie-filled meals with little nutrition are suspected of having an impact on decision-making and of causing an overweight trap.
Feb 15, 2024
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The waste system of living cells, the proteasome, not only shreds disused or damaged proteins, it also supports the immune system by recognizing virally infected or cancerous cells by producing protein fragments, so-called ...
Feb 14, 2024
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Researchers have unveiled a detailed understanding of immune responses in cancer, marking a significant development in the field. The findings were published in the February 14 online issue of Cell in a paper titled "Pan-cancer ...
Feb 14, 2024
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A new Northwestern Medicine study has found the immune system in the blood of Alzheimer's patients is epigenetically altered. That means the patients' behavior or environment has caused changes that affect the way their genes ...
Feb 10, 2024
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Tens of millions of people across the world are thought to suffer from long COVID, but four years after the pandemic was declared this elusive condition still cannot be tested for—let alone treated.
Feb 10, 2024
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An experimental mRNA vaccine against human cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common virus that can infect babies during pregnancy, elicited some of the most promising immune responses to date of any CMV vaccine candidate, according ...
Feb 9, 2024
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Cells in the human body contain power-generating mitochondria, each with their own mtDNA—a unique set of genetic instructions entirely separate from the cell's nuclear DNA that mitochondria use to create life-giving energy. ...
Feb 8, 2024
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An international research team has developed a computational biology tool, based on multi-level network analysis, to achieve an integrated vision of multiple sclerosis. This tool could be used to study other complex diseases ...
Feb 8, 2024
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Chronic stress has far-reaching consequences for our bodies. For example, many stress-related psychiatric illnesses, such as depression, are associated with changes in the immune system. However, the underlying mechanisms ...
Feb 7, 2024
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During pregnancy, a woman's immune system changes dramatically but researchers don't yet understand all the underlying mechanisms. A new study shows how the gut microbiota may play a role.
Feb 7, 2024
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