New clues found to immune system’s misfiring in autoimmune diseases
A person’s genetic makeup plays a role in autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis that develop when the body is attacked by its own immune...
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Walnuts may improve your colon health
Eating walnuts may change gut bacteria in a way that suppresses colon cancer, researchers led by UConn Health report in the journal Cancer Prevention Research....
Pick me! Pick me! How genes are selected to create diverse immune cell receptors
Credit: Babraham Institute Use of a new technique developed at the Babraham Institute has allowed researchers to take an in-depth look at the gene shuffling...
Reading between the genes
For a long time dismissed as “junk DNA”, we now know that also the regions between the genes fulfil vital functions. Mutations in those DNA...
CNIO scientists have created mice with hyper-long telomeres without altering the genes
The Telomeres and Telomerase Group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), in collaboration with the Centre’s Transgenic Mice Core Unit, has succeeded in...
Dietary supplement may prevent and reverse severe damage to aging brain, research suggests
A dietary supplement containing a blend of thirty vitamins and minerals–all natural ingredients widely available in health food stores–has shown remarkable anti-aging properties that can...
3-D printing of patterned membranes opens door to rapid advances in membrane technology
Credit: Hickner Group/Penn State A new type of 3-D printing will make it possible for the first time to rapidly prototype and test polymer membranes...
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