What people ate at the start of a 20-year study was linked to their heart failure odds
Diet records from the early 2000s offer a window into how everyday food choices and existing health conditions…
From wild rice to tarwi, researchers are exploring the health potential of Indigenous foods
From the Three Sisters to Andean grains, traditional food systems hold generations of knowledge that researchers are only…
MIT biologists discover cellular pathway that triggers colon cancer spread
Most colon cancer deaths are caused by the spread of tumor cells beyond the colon, usually to the…
Breastmilk from cannabis users showed differences, but cannabis may not be the whole story
With just two human studies directly examining how cannabis use relates to breast milk nutrients and immune components,…
Blood markers reveal metabolic impact of ultra-processed food consumption
Consumption of ultra-processed food (UPF) results in a distinct metabolic ‘signature’ in the blood, associated with potentially adverse…
Neutral lipids may act as functional medium for controlling supramolecular polymerization
The formation of supramolecular polymers within living cells is an emerging strategy for regulating cellular functions, and lipid…
New single-protein analysis technique provides unprecedented information on scramblases
A new single-protein analysis technique gives researchers an unprecedented ability to study proteins called scramblases, which have critical…
Rare ABCA7 gene variants linked to Alzheimer’s risk
A new study from MIT neuroscientists reveals how rare variants of a gene called ABCA7 may contribute to…
Visualizing lipid transport inside living cells with fluorescence microscopy
To the point: New technique to image single lipids: Lipids are notoriously difficult to detect with light microscopy.…
New microfluidics-based workflow enables high-resolution lipid imaging in C. elegans
Understanding how fat molecules are distributed and function in living organisms is key to uncovering mechanisms of aging,…