Natural brakes on inflammation could treat chronic diseases
Researchers at University College London (UCL) have uncovered a key mechanism that helps the body switch off inflammation…
Researchers identify enzyme linked to myelin damage and neurodegenerative conditions
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have identified a type of enzyme with a complicated name –…
Study implicates enzyme in neurodegenerative conditions
Larry Sherman, Ph.D., professor at OHSU’s Oregon National Primate Research Center, led research identifying the enzyme CEMIP as…
Routine blood test may flag hidden osteoporosis risk, study finds
Common blood test results may offer an early clue to bone loss, suggesting that alkaline phosphatase levels could…
Bacterial enzyme linked to heart complications in pneumonia
Pneumonia is a disease that burdens the healthcare system with more that 1.2 million emergency room visits each…
Scientists uncover the gut’s hidden hydrogen engine and how it falters in Crohn’s disease
A global research team has pinpointed the enzyme fueling hydrogen production in healthy guts and shown how its…
Study unravels the genetic shield against winter vomiting disease
Winter vomiting disease is caused by the Norovirus, which is most virulent during the colder half of the…
Hydrogen plays a bigger role in gut function than previously thought
Farts are causing a stink in the research world, but in a positive way. Melbourne scientists have revealed…
Can strawberries help prevent diabetes? New trial shows promising results in prediabetic adults
Researchers found that daily freeze-dried strawberry intake enhanced antioxidant biomarkers, lowered inflammation, and improved fasting glucose, suggesting a…
Researchers develop a new approach for treating children with neuroblastoma
A research team from the University of Zurich and the University Children’s Hospital Zurich has developed a new…
Experimental gene therapy restores immune system function in children with genetic immune disorder
An experimental gene therapy developed by researchers at UCLA, University College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital has restored…
New insights into sperm metabolism could transform infertility treatments
Michigan State University scientists have pinpointed the molecular “switch” that supercharges sperm for their final sprint to an…