Protein governs stem cell self-renewal, may lead to better treatments for blood diseases
Photo Cred: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center By Katherine Shagoury Activating a protein causes blood stem cells to self-renew at least twelvefold in laboratory conditions, according to a new...
Read MoreIntegrative perspectives on dysmenorrhea
Photo Cred: silviarita/Pixabay By Gary Goldman Menstrual cramps, also known as dysmenorrhea, are experienced by more than 50 percent of women. The degree of pain is variable and can be...
Read MoreNew finding potentially prevents age-related metabolic disease
Photo Cred: Amplitude Magazin/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury A new study by researchers at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, have discovered why bellow fat surrounding organs increases as people age,...
Read MoreLive bacteria boost gut health of premature babies
Photo Cred: Luma Pimentel/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Boosting the milk of premature babies with healthy bacteria may have helped half the number of serious gut problems and infections, according to...
Read MoreGut bacteria plays key role in childhood obesity
Photo Cred: Lukas/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Gut bacteria and its interactions with immune cells and metabolic organs, including fat tissue, play a key role in childhood obesity, according to a...
Read MoreGenetic oscillator records changes in microbiome growth patterns in vivo
By Katherine Shagoury A new tool created by researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, can observe the...
Read MoreGW researchers find connection between microbiome composition and colon cancer
By Katherine Shagoury A mutant protein found in humans with colon cancer blocks a pathway that regulates proliferation and expansion of cells, increasing amounts of bacterial species associated with the...
Read MoreDiet trends show Americans consume too many low-quality carbs
By Katherine Shagoury Despite years of steady advice and guidance on healthy eating, a report card on the American diet shows adults are still consuming too many low-quality carbohydrates and...
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