Coffee drinking is a heritable habit, and one that carries a certain amount of genetic baggage. Caffeinated coffee is a
Month: June 2024
Mirror-image chemicals may revolutionize drug delivery
Cyclodextrins (CDs) are complicated carbohydrates, a term that describes the natural, sugar-based, starchy material that makes up much of fruits,
Tabulae Paralytica: Mapping the biology of spinal cord injury in unprecedented detail
Scientists at EPFL have achieved a significant research milestone in the field of spinal cord injuries — mapping out the
More effective cancer treatment with iontronic pump
When low doses of cancer drugs are administered continuously near malignant brain tumours using so-called iontronic technology, cancer cell growth
A new tuberculosis vaccine candidate recombinant protein with additional post-translational modifications occurring in Mycobacterium tuberculosis cells
Tuberculosis is still one of the deadliest infectious diseases, causing over one million deaths each year worldwide. Additionally, about one-fourth
Women who experience depression during pregnancy or after birth have higher risk of cardiovascular disease
Women diagnosed with perinatal depression are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease in the following 20 years compared to women
‘Time cells’ in the brain are critical for complex learning, study shows
A sense of time is fundamental to how we understand, recall, and interact with the world. Tasks ranging from holding
Impacts of space travel on astronauts’ eye health
As space travel becomes more common, it is important to consider the impacts of space flight and altered gravity on
Shining light on mental health in space science community
The severity of anxiety and depressive symptoms in the planetary science community is greater than in the general U.S. population,
Treatment for autoimmune disorder acts on balance of immune cell types
Autoimmune diseases cannot currently be cured, only treated, and this is also true for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, which affects