The key to a powerful antibiotic’s formation now clear — ScienceDaily
A powerful class of antibiotics called carbapenems can circumvent antibiotic resistance thanks to a particular chain of atoms in their structure. Now, a team of researchers from Penn State and Johns Hopkins University have...
Essential nutrient passes between cells via ‘jumping genes’ — ScienceDaily
Your gut bacteria need vitamin B12 just as much as you do. Though DNA is usually passed from parent to child, new research shows gut bacteria transfer genes through "sex" in order to take...
Physical activity protects against type 2 diabetes by modifying metabolism — ScienceDaily
Regular physical activity significantly changes the body's metabolite profile, and many of these changes are associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows....
Overweight dogs respond well to high-protein, high-fiber diet — ScienceDaily
A study of overweight dogs fed a reduced calorie, high-protein, high-fiber diet for 24 weeks found that the dogs' body composition and inflammatory markers changed over time in ways that parallel the positive changes...
Mediterranean diet associated with a lower risk of mortality in older adults — ScienceDaily
A greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet which had been assessed through an index made with biomarkers during a 20-year scientific monitoring is associated with a lower mortality in adults over 65. This is...
The circadian clock in heart failure — ScienceDaily
Disrupting circadian rhythms, which change naturally on a 24-hour cycle, has been implicated in heart disease, but it is unclear how it leads to the condition. A research team at Baylor College of Medicine...
Dried goji berries may provide protection against age-related vision loss — ScienceDaily
Regularly eating a small serving of dried goji berries may help prevent or delay the development of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, in healthy middle-aged people, according to a small, randomized trial conducted at...
Unraveling the complexity of vitamin B12 diseases — ScienceDaily
A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions has shed new light into the complexity of vitamin B12 diseases. The scientists studied two rare inherited vitamin B12 conditions that affect...
Scientists advance the study of fragile digestive organelles by developing strategy to rapidly extract...
The correct functioning of our cells rests upon the precise orchestration of many complex processes and organelles. Lysosomes -- vital cell organelles -- are enzyme-filled subunits found within many animal cells that help break...
Taking high-dose vitamin D supplements for five years did not affect the incidence of...
A trial by the University of Eastern Finland found that taking a much higher dose of vitamin D than recommended for five years did not affect total mortality or the incidence of cardiovascular disease...
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Take it from the rats: A junk food diet can cause long-term damage to...
A new USC-led study on rats that feasted on a high-fat, sugary diet raises the possibility that a junk food-filled diet in teens may...
Repurposing non-pharmacological interventions for Alzheimer’s disease through link prediction on biomedical literature
The complete workflow is depicted in Fig. 1. To investigate the association between NPIs and AD, we initially conducted preprocessing and integration of biomedical triples...
Degenerative Dementias and Their Medical Care in the Movies
Compared with other neurologic problems, few films have been dedicated to degenerative dementia. To our knowledge, this is the first systematic review about the...