MEDICINE & HEALTHResearchers find fungi to be an untapped natural resource that can curb antibiotic resistance and other diseases by developing new antibiotics.
A new discovery shows that gut-bacteria can alter an animal’s appetite. A study from Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon, Portugal and Monash University, Australia, led by Carlos Ribeiro, had led neuroscientist in showing that gut bacteria has an effect on animals food preference.
The recent study showed that genetic variation was linked to food preference of an individual. There has been numerous diet invented and available over the internet, however, a recent study advised that the best way to have the perfect diet is to know certain gene variants that can affect a healthy lifestyle.
Well-known doctor to the brain, Dr. Rebecca Brachman, highlighted to entrepreneurs the best solution to halt mental issues in the recently concluded TED conference.
Periodontitis was discovered to have a link with cirrhosis. A study found out that periodontitis increases the mortality risk of those people who have cirrhosis.
A total treatment for asthma was discovered by a team of researchers. Find out more here. Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs that affects over 235 million people.
A two-ship expedition was sent in 1845 to find a Northwest Passage, linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans that got trapped in ice. DNA from the mummified remains of the crew members of Franklin expedition shows some to be women.
Researchers from the DGIST have developed a technology to increase biosensor 20 times faster than the current ones to diagnose diseases such as cancer.
Patients whose epilepsy seizures are not responding well to medications can look forward to a possible treatment as a new study shows the effectivity of cannabidiol in treatment-resistant patients.
Researchers explore the reasons why bacteria with the same genotype exhibit diverse phenotypes. Scientists have been puzzled by bacterial populations. In 'isogenic populations', it has been found that all bacteria show the same genes.
Lack of food resources can actually be fruitful for proper body temperature, blood sugar control as well as survival possibilities; recent study proved;