Our bodies are made up of 60,000 miles of complex pipes that play a vital role in transporting nutrients throughout
Month: February 2023
Obesity and heart disease
It’s long been known that being overweight or obese can make a person more apt to develop conditions like high
Engineers and neuroscientists put four touch-sensitive, electrically responsive proteins to the test
It’s a well-established fact that every cell in your body responds to physical touch. They don’t all react in exactly
More than half of COVID patients suffer long COVID symptoms, suggests study
Various long-term effects have been found to occur after infection by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and the reality of these
Exercise more effective than medicines to manage mental health, says study
University of South Australia researchers are calling for exercise to be a mainstay approach for managing depression as a new
Identification of disease-causing proteins leads to new potential treatments for diseases like diabetes
New research has identified hundreds of proteins that might contribute to the onset of common, chronic metabolic diseases such as
The far-reaching consequences of child abuse
Adverse childhood experiences in mothers can affect their children’s mental and physical health, as researchers from Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin now report
A simpler way to track the spread of infectious diseases
When applied to social contact maps, a method recently developed by Gulbenkian scientists has proved useful to study how viruses
Estimates and projections of the global economic cost of 29 cancers
A new study has calculated the economic cost of cancers around the world, helping policymakers allocate resources appropriately and enact
The Achilles heel of the influenza virus: Ubiquitin protein may be an approach for future medicines
Influenza viruses are becoming increasingly resilient to medicines. For this reason, new active ingredients are needed. Important findings in this
