A research team led by Professor Zhou Weibiao from the Department of Food Science and Technology at the NUS Faculty of Science has shown that compounds extracted from red dragon fruit peel can be incorporated into bread to increase antioxidant…
Category: 5. Biology
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Scientists show dragon fruit peel extract boosts bread nutrition and lowers glycemic potential
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Students discover new crab egg predator
After a year and a half of remote work and learning, UC Santa Barbara undergraduate students Sophia Lecuona Manos, Gabrielle Plewe, Carson Gadler and doctoral student Zoe Zilz returned to campus in late 2021 eager for some on-campus, hands-on…
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Bedfont® Scientific Limited strengthens its position as world leaders in breath analysis with a new board member
Bedfont® Scientific Ltd., a world leader in breath analysis, has been designing and manufacturing medical breath analysis devices for almost 50 years and has seen significant growth over the past decade.
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Researchers identify CD99L2 gene as a cause of spastic ataxia
Despite modern high-throughput sequencing, the genetic cause of most rare movement disorders remains unclear. A research team in Bochum and Tübingen has now solved one piece of the puzzle: The researchers examined 2,811 patients…
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Do Our First Cells Hold the Secrets to Longevity and Cancer Risk?
A new study investigates how telomeres adjust their length during the first cell divisions of life. Small plastic or metal tips at the ends of shoelaces, called aglets, keep laces from unraveling and protect them from wear. Chromosomes have a…
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MGI Tech and Predica Diagnostics accelerate cervical cancer screening on DNBSEQ platforms
Achieving a major milestone, MGI and Predica Diagnostics enhance cervical cancer diagnostics with rapid, scalable HPV testing on advanced sequencing platforms.
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Rethinking Depression: How Brain “Insulation” Cells Might Hold the Key to New Treatments
A newly discovered mechanism that protects nerve cells could have important implications for understanding and treating mental illness. When laboratory mice experience brain injury, such as damage caused by an injection, researchers have…
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Assessing the Possible Therapeutic Applications of Non-Coding RNA
To understand the human genome, scientists focused on protein-coding genes and their functions for decades. This has given us invaluable knowledge about the inner workings of the human body. But that also only…
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These Strange Fanged Frogs Turn Out to Be Multiple Species
A frog species known since 1838 may actually be several different species, according to a new genetic study of Southeast Asia’s “fanged frogs.” When people hear about the discovery of a new species, they often picture something straight out…
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Keto Diet Reduces Depressive Symptoms by 62%
A remotely-delivered keto-diet intervention reduced depression symptoms by 62% in adults. The corresponding study was published in Frontiers in Nutrition.
“Traditional treatments like antidepressants…
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