According to a study in mice published in the Journal of Neuroscience, reduced ability to maintain body temperature in colder environments may contribute...
Enterococcus gallinarum, a species of bacterium found in the small intestines of humans and mice, can travel to other organs and trigger an autoimmune...
An international research team led by University of Manchester scientists has generated human kidney tissue within a living organism which is able to produce...
Injecting amounts of two immune-stimulating agents directly into tumors in multiple types of mouse cancer models can eliminate all traces of cancer, according...
An old antibiotic called octapeptin could help develop new drugs against extensively drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria.
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Consumption of fermentable fiber can prevent obesity, metabolic syndrome and adverse changes in the intestine by promoting growth of ‘good’ bacteria...
In a scientific first, a research team led by Gladstone Institutes scientists turned mouse skin cells into so-called induced pluripotent stem cells by...
According to a new study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, a high-salt diet reduces resting blood flow to the brain and causes dementia in...
A process using pluripotent stem cells from mice can generate skin tissue complete with hair follicles, according to a team of researchers from the Indiana...
Vasopressin, also called antidiuretic hormone, is released from the brain, and known to work in the kidney, suppressing a process called diuresis. According...
A specific group of amino acids called branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) is elevated in the blood of obese, insulin-resistant humans and rodents. A new...
Dementia is an umbrella term used to describe severe changes in the brain that cause memory loss. The condition affects 30-50% of the American population...
A diet that makes one individual lean and healthy might have the complete opposite effect on another, according to a new study published in the journal...
Vanillin, one of the most widely used flavoring products worldwide, is an effective bioactive compound against psoriatic skin inflammation, according to...
A team of scientists led by Dr. Masanobu Komatsu of Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute has identified a signaling pathway that is essential...
An international team of researchers has found that in both mice and humans, a high-salt diet shrinks the population of a type of gut bacteria called Lactobacillus;...
