Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Weight gain in a man’s late teens and 20s increases his risk of dying from prostate cancer later in life, research being presented at the European…
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Researchers develop effective method to genetically modify brain organoids
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Primates are among the most intelligent creatures with distinct cognitive abilities. Their brains are relatively large in relation to their body stature and have a complex…
Researchers find link between obesity and blood cancer
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Indiana University School of Medicine researchers studying clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP), a blood condition that may increase the risk of blood cancer, discovered that…
Effects of zoledronic acid on senescence and SASP markers
Zoledronic acid has senolytic effects in human lung fibroblast IMR90 cells. Credit: 2023 Samakkarnthai et al. A new research paper, titled “In vitro and in vivo effects of zoledronic acid…
New algorithm can predict diabetic kidney disease
Association between CpG methylation and renal function. The methylation level of each CpG site was tested for its association with baseline eGFR (a–c) and eGFR slope (d–f). The results of…
13 dead from Congo haemorrhagic fever in Iraq this year
At least 13 people have died in Iraq since the start of the year from a viral tick-borne disease transmitted to humans from livestock, the health ministry said on Saturday.…
DNA project gives scientists diverse genome for comparison
Credit: CC0 Public Domain For two decades, scientists have been comparing every person’s full set of DNA they study to a template that relies mostly on genetic material from one…
Both metabolically healthy and unhealthy forms of obesity found to increase risk of obesity-related cancers
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research to be presented at this coming week’s European Congress on Obesity in Dublin, Ireland (May 17–20) and published in the Journal of the National…
Binge eating linked to habit circuitry in the brain
Types of eating behavior and binge eating frequency. Relationship between Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire a) Restrained (ρ=-0.11, p=0.55), b) Emotional (ρ=0.32, p=0.063), and c) Externally Driven Eating (ρ=0.44, p=0.0092) with…
