A recent longitudinal study on Canadian children published in Journal of the American Medical Association has provided significant insights into the relationship between ultra-processed food (UPF) intake…
Category: 5. Biology
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How a Ginger Compound May Help Relieve IBD
Researchers have screened chemical compounds that are found in ginger to find those with relevant bioactivity. This work identified a ginger compound called furanodienone (FDN) that can attach to a molecule…
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Is Diet Influencing Psoriasis? | Clinical And Molecular Dx
Psoriasis is chronic skin condition in which flaky or scaly patches of skin begin to form, usually on the scalp, elbows, knees, and trunk. It’s thought to be caused by immune dysfunction. Millions of people…
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Bioengineering Mosquito Antennae to Revolutionize Disaster Response
How can mosquito antennae help identify natural disasters? This is what a recent study published in Acta Biomaterialia hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated how mosquito…
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New Species of Tree Frog Discovered in Australia
Biologists have discovered a new species — and redescribed another one — of the tree frog genus Litoria living on the Australian continent.
The whirring tree frog (Litoria revelata). Image credit: Stephen Mahony.
Litoria is a large genus…
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Climate Change Can Increase Valley Fever Rates
Two new studies have shown how climate change can increase disease. Both of these reports were focused on recent increases in cases of coccidioidomycosis, also known as valley fever. The first study was
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How Algae Can Accelerate Greenland Glacier Melt
Most people probably think of glaciers as massive blocks of white ice. But many glaciers have dark patches because of the growth of algae, which can survive on the surface of the ice. These dark patches also…
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10% of Americans Use CBD, Higher Rates Among Marijuana Users
How many Americans uses cannabidiol (CBD) and how many are marijuana users? This is what a recent study published in Preventive Medicine Reports hopes to address as a researcher from Biola University…
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Ionizing Radiation from Nearby Supernova Altered Virus Evolution 2.5 Million Years Ago
This supernova event likely occurred in the Upper Centaurus Lupus association, a group of massive stars approximately 457 light-years away from Earth.
Illustration of an Earth-like exoplanet after X-ray radiation exposure. Image credit: NASA /…
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Fecal Samples Help Doctors Predict Treatment Susceptibility
While immunotherapy approaches to cancer treatment have had monumental benefits for cancer care, dichotomy in cohorts of patients who respond and do not respond to these modalities remains a significant…
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