Long-term exposure to nitrate in drinking water may be a risk factor for prostate...
The nitrate ingested over the course of a person's adult lifetime through the consumption of tap water and bottled water could be a risk factor for prostate cancer, particularly in the case of aggressive...
Chocolate Health Claims | NIH News in Health
February 2021
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Sweet Truth or Bitter Reality?Love chocolate? Most of us do. It’s a delicious treat. Or a quick pick-me-up after a long day. You may have...
Calcitriol, or activated vitamin D3, may protect us from the harmful effects of arsenic...
Millions of people across the globe regularly consume arsenic-contaminated water. Exposure to arsenic has previously been associated with the development of various cancers including skin cancer. Research on the underlying molecular mechanisms regulating arsenic-mediated...
Bood metabolites associated with coffee consumption may affect kidney disease risk — ScienceDaily
Food and beverages may have important effects on kidney health, but the potential biological mechanisms involved are often unclear. New research in CJASN identifies several metabolites in the blood whose levels are altered by...
Eating prunes may help protect against bone loss in older women — ScienceDaily
It's already well known that prunes are good for your gut, but new Penn State research suggests they may be good for bone health, too.
In a research review, the researchers found that prunes can...
Natural language model jumpstarts protein design with creation of active enzymes — ScienceDaily
Scientists have created an AI system capable of generating artificial enzymes from scratch. In laboratory tests, some of these enzymes worked as well as those found in nature, even when their artificially generated amino...
More than 25 years after its discovery, researchers have finally managed to synthesize this...
The discovery of antibiotics in 1928 was a major turning point in the history of medicine. For the first time since the dawn of human civilization, doctors had gained access to an extremely powerful...
Selenium reduces mixtures of environmental pollutants’ harmful effects on health
A study in mice conducted by the University of Cordoba proves that exposure to contaminating mixtures of metals and drug residue increases damage to health, and evaluates the positive effects of a diet enriched...
Researchers discover brain pattern that could improve mental health disorder diagnosis — ScienceDaily
A pattern in how the brain breaks down tryptophan, a common amino acid consumed through food, was discovered by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). The finding, which...
Building synthetic virus particles to study SARS-CoV-2 — ScienceDaily
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg and their collaborators at the Max Planck Bristol Center for Minimal Biology at the University of Bristol have developed a new approach to...