by Bill Hathaway, Yale University Credit: Michael S. Helfenbein Blockchain is a digital technology that allows a secure and decentralized record of transactions that is increasingly used for everything from cryptocurrencies to artwork. But Yale researchers have found a new use for blockchain: they’ve leveraged the technology to give individuals control of their own genomes. Their...
by University of Basel Credit: CC0 Public Domain Even before carbohydrates reach the bloodstream, the very sight and smell of a meal trigger the release of insulin. For the first time, researchers from the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel have shown that this insulin release depends on a short-term inflammatory response that takes...
by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Foam gas-entrapping materials (GEMs). Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carbon monoxide is best known as a potentially deadly gas. However, in small doses it also has beneficial qualities: It has been shown to reduce inflammation and can help stimulate tissue regeneration. A team of researchers led by MIT, Brigham and...
BY AMY CAMPBELL, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES | JUNE 23, 2022 If you’ve ever enjoyed a curry dish and admired the golden yellow hue, you can thank turmeric for that. Turmeric, a popular ingredient in many Asian dishes, is more than just a pretty spice. It’s been used in traditional Indian and Chinese medicine for thousands...
By Loz Blain June 29, 2022 Mojo Vision CEO Drew Perkins became the first person to test a fully functional prototype of the company’s smart AR contact lens Mojo Vision Forget your bulky AR headsets, smart contact lenses are coming to place augmented reality displays right there on your eyeball. Last week, Mojo Vision CEO...
Nausea is a bit of a catchall sensation for the human body: the unpleasant sick feeling can hit us as a result of everything from pregnancy or migraine to eating spoiled food or undergoing chemotherapy. Yet despite its ubiquity, scientists still don’t understand precisely how nausea works on a mechanistic level. Now, a team of researchers...
Stanford Medicine researchers and their collaborators have identified a molecule that staves off hunger post-exercise. Scientists are calling it the “anti-hunger” molecule. New research shows that a compound induced by intense exercise travels to the brain to stifle appetite. The molecule, identified by researchers at Stanford Medicine, Baylor University, and other institutions, helps demonstrate how exercise results in...
The pandemic has hit nursing home residents especially hard, with a disproportionately large share of COVID-19 infection and mortality rates in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But new research from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in partnership with Brown University shows that high levels of Omicron-specific immunity can be...
A research team led by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine scientist Parameswaran Ramakrishnan is developing a drug to reduce the number of insulin injections needed by children with type 1 diabetes. Generally, people with diabetes either don’t produce enough insulin or can’t sufficiently use the insulin their bodies make, resulting in too much blood sugar...
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER New Orleans, LA – Research led by Suresh Alahari, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry at LSU Health New Orleans schools of Medicine and Graduate Studies, suggests a combination of drugs already approved by the FDA for other cancers may be effective in treating chemo-resistant triple-negative breast cancer. The results are...
