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December 29, 2022

A new app has been developed to help people reach the recommended target of eating five portions of fruits and vegetables a day.Credit: Bournemouth University...

Multi-institutional collaboration unveiling the mysteries of senescent cells and their effect on aging and human health

Bar Harbor, ME/Farmington, CT—Multiple researchers at the Jackson Laboratory are taking part in an ambitious research program spanning several top research institutions to study senescent...

Wristwatch device gives therapists opportunity to guide PTSD patients through treatment

Sights, smells and sounds of everyday life can supply the triggers that take someone with PTSD right back to the scarring scene they’re trying to...

Tissue-specific immunity may be the future, if we can first learn its rules

Recent pressure to maximize vaccine efficacy has stirred up many new discoveries within immunology, revealing numerous paradigms with untapped therapeutic potential. One growing branch of...

NIH clinical trial leads to atezolizumab approval for advanced alveolar soft part sarcoma

A clinical trial led by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has resulted in the first approval of a...

Unraveling the selective transport of sugar and hormone that underlies male fertility in plants

Researchers at Nagoya University, Japan, have discovered a mechanism for the selective transportation of sugar and hormones in plants. The results also clarify that sugar transportation...

Figure 1. Morphological comparison of the aboveground parts of M. kirishimense and M. humile

Ethereal color variant of mysterious plant is actually a new species

Green leaves and photosynthesis were once considered essential characteristics of plants. However, some plants have stopped performing photosynthesis and take the nutrients they need from...

More obesity in three- and four-year-olds during pandemic

The study, published in the European Journal of Public Health, is based on data concerning 25,049 children aged three to five who have undergone regular...

A schematic depiction of high-speed hydrogen ions injected from the solar surface into the lunar surface and enriched on the surface of lunar soil particles

Researchers discover solar wind-derived water in lunar soils

Due to its crucial importance in future space exploration, the abundance, distribution and origin of lunar surface water have received a lot of attention recently.Credit:...

tRNA-MaP: functional analyses of RNA-related enzymes using a next-generation DNA sequencer

Genetic information encoded in genomic DNA is transcribed to mRNAs and then the codons on mRNA are decoded by transfer RNAs (tRNAs) during protein synthesis....

Xanthan gum-based fluid thickener can help decrease blood glucose levels

Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) showed that xanthan gum-based fluid thickener can decrease blood glucose levels after eatingCredit: Department of Dysphagia Rehabilitation,...

Time to strike antifreeze off your list of usable poisons? (video)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27, 2022 — Ethylene glycol is the most common ingredient in automotive antifreeze. But for years, it was used in deadly poisonings. What...

Figure. Nectin KO mice went deaf due to the loss of hair cells.

A checkerboard pattern of inner ear cells enables us to hear

A Japanese research group has become the first to reveal that the checkerboard-like arrangement of cells in the inner ear’s organ of Corti is vital...

Leading AI analyst Margaretta Colangelo joins Insilico Medicine as Head of Communications, West and MENA

Insilico Medicine, a clinical stage end-to-end artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, today announces that leading AI analyst Margaretta Colangelo has joined the Company as...

Beginning of ayahuasca healing ceremony.

Music and ayahuasca’s role in treating substance use disorders in men