How Sneaky Diet Culture Shows Up
Diet culture is all around us and – due to years of cultural conditioning – is often internalized within us. While certain diets can be easy to spot (looking at…
Twins Study Shows Exercise Altering How Genes Behave
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Dec. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — One might expect identical twins to have the same health outcomes. But it’s not just genetics that makes…
Can a dangerous microbe offer a new way to silence pain? Deadly anthrax toxin blocks multiple types of pain in mice, study shows — ScienceDaily
Anthrax has a scary reputation. Widely known to cause serious lung infections in humans and unsightly, albeit painless, skin lesions in livestock and people, the anthrax bacterium has even been…
Experimental mRNA HIV vaccine safe, shows promise in animals — ScienceDaily
An experimental HIV vaccine based on mRNA — the same platform technology used in two highly effective COVID-19 vaccines — shows promise in mice and non-human primates, according to scientists…
Our genes shape our gut bacteria, new research shows — ScienceDaily
Our gut microbiome — the ever-changing “rainforest” of bacteria living in our intestines — is primarily affected by our lifestyle, including what we eat or the medications we take, most…
New discovery shows human cells can write RNA sequences into DNA — ScienceDaily
Cells contain machinery that duplicates DNA into a new set that goes into a newly formed cell. That same class of machines, called polymerases, also build RNA messages, which are…