“In diabetic rats Ginkgo biloba had a very good effect on the beta cells of Langerhans — cells in the
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Dietary zinc protects against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection
University of Melbourne Associate Professor Christopher McDevitt, a laboratory head at the Doherty Institute, led an interdisciplinary team using state-of-the-art
Unique pathway for treating deadly brain cancer in children
An international team of researchers led by Yale University, University of Iowa, and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an
Combo pill cuts heart and stroke risk
A cheap daily pill that combines four drugs cut the risk of heart attacks, strokes and heart failure in a
Fasting reduces inflammation and improves chronic inflammatory diseases
Fasting regimens have gained public and scientific interest in recent years, but fasting shouldn’t be dismissed as a fad. In
Discovery of ‘hidden’ outbreak hints that Zika virus can spread silently
Just when international fears of contracting Zika began to fade in 2017, an undetected outbreak was peaking in Cuba—a mere
Mechanical forces impact immune response in the lungs
When the body is fending off an infection, there are changes in temperature, pH balance, and metabolism. Yale researchers wondered
How genes and environment influence BMI and height
Environmental conditions influence our body mass index (BMI) by increasing or decreasing the effect of inherited genetic variations, University of
Predicting Alzheimer’s disease with eye-tracking tests
New research has found that it may be possible to predict if people with mild memory and thinking impairments will
Treating inflammation with inflammation
Scientists at the Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science (KRCBS) have uncovered a new potential approach to treat multiple types
