Common Medications May Change Your Gut for Years After You Stop Taking Them
Many commonly prescribed medications may leave long-lasting changes in the bacteria that live in the gut, according to…
Computer model could streamline design of protein degraders
A team of Weill Cornell Medicine investigators has developed a computer model that will help scientists more efficiently…
UofL receives new federal funding to advance metabolic health research
Chronic health conditions such as diabetes, obesity, heart disease and metabolic liver disease have sharply increased in recent…
New platform enables large-scale production of custom proteins
Scientists have been hard at work for more than 20 years to instruct biological systems, such as E.…
Specific brain regions found more vulnerable to dementia with Lewy bodies
Dementia with Lewy bodies is one of the most common forms of dementia in older adults, after Alzheimer’s…
Hospital intervention reduces stillbirths and newborn deaths in Africa
A combination of training, quality improvement and leadership support in hospitals across four countries in sub-Saharan Africa is…
China faces rising lung cancer deaths driven by aging population
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death both globally and in China, accounting for roughly 40%…
Ancient proteins revived to inspire new antimicrobial treatments
University of Oregon biologists have resurrected prehistoric proteins up to 160 million years old that carry natural antimicrobial…
Diabetes study reveals differing health risks for men and women
In the years following type 2 diabetes diagnosis, women are more likely to develop mental health conditions, while…
Emergency diagnoses of medical conditions predict worse patient survival
Patients diagnosed with conditions after an emergency hospital admission or an emergency room visit face a higher risk…
Scientists compared 51 longevity studies to see which aging biomarkers respond most reliably
A large-scale comparison of human longevity studies reveals why some epigenetic clocks detect biological changes far more consistently…
Targeting cyclin-dependent kinases offers new pathways for cancer therapy
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Germany. In the search for new therapeutic approaches that…