The prevalence of colorectal cancer in people under the age of 50 has risen in recent decades. One suspected reason: the increasing rate of obesity and high-fat diets.
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A university researcher is studying the potential effect of leaky gut syndrome on our overall health. "A mechanism by which gut microbiota elevates permeability and inflammation in obese/diabetic mice and human gut," a paper ...
Aug 17, 2023
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A single hardwired brain circuit might be responsible for male sexual drive, a new mouse study reports.
Aug 11, 2023
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Scientists at Stanford University have found a way to induce cell death in cancer cells with a method that could be effective in around 50% of cancers. In a paper, "Rewiring cancer drivers to activate apoptosis," published ...
The mass and composition of our bodies can significantly affect the way medications are metabolized and absorbed. Investigators at Cedars-Sinai have found that inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients with higher levels ...
Jul 25, 2023
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A surprising finding from USC reveals key details about how cancer cells metastasize and suggests new therapeutic approaches for halting their spread.
Jul 24, 2023
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What makes the vital layer of protective cells around the brain and spinal cord—the blood-brain barrier—more or less permeable has been one of the more mystifying questions in neuroscience.
Jul 13, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurological disorder that causes the brain to shrink (atrophy) and brain cells to die. AD is the most common cause of dementia—a continuous decline in thinking, behavioral, and ...
Jul 10, 2023
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A proof-of-concept study demonstrates that ductal cells derived from the human pancreas can be influenced by pharmacological stimulation to regenerate beta-like cells that functionally release insulin, providing new hope ...
Jun 16, 2023
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Lung mesenchymal cells, which are critical components of the lung's unique structure, also play important roles in disease and recovery from injury, yet knowledge is limited about their biology or how they initiate diseases ...
Jun 13, 2023
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