New research suggests that stools from so-called “super donors” have such rich microbial diversity that using them for fecal transplants
Day: January 22, 2019
Mom’s gestational diabetes hikes kids’ pre-diabetes, obesity risk
Up to 20 percent of women develop gestational diabetes – high blood sugar – during pregnancy, but the long-term effects
Human respiratory viruses continue to spread in wild chimpanzees
Less than two years after the first report of wild chimpanzees in Uganda dying as a result of a human
New Yeast Model of Metabolic Disorders May Lead to Life-saving Therapies
There are hundreds of metabolic disorders — including phenylketonuria, tyrosinemia, maple syrup urine disease and homocystinuria. These disorders lead to
Targeting ‘hidden pocket’ for treatment of stroke and seizure
The ideal drug is one that only affects the exact cells and neurons it is designed to treat, without unwanted
Early prediction of Alzheimer’s progression: Blood protein
Years before symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease manifest, the brain starts changing and neurons are slowly degraded. Scientists at the German
Purple rice reigns
Does your New Year’s resolution diet include healthy whole grains? Purple rice is a whole grain with high levels of
Energizing the immune system to eat cancer
Immune cells called macrophages are supposed to serve and protect, but cancer has found ways to put them to sleep.
Fossilized slime of 100-million-year-old hagfish shakes up vertebrate family tree
Paleontologists at the University of Chicago have discovered the first detailed fossil of a hagfish, the slimy, eel-like carrion feeders
