Our immune system has developed sophisticated ways to protect us from infection by the bacteria that we are bombarded with every day. However, how we are kept safe from the bacteria that enter into our airway through our nose has largely remained a mystery.
Our immune system has developed sophisticated ways to protect us from infection by the bacteria that we are bombarded with every day. However, how we are kept safe from the bacteria that enter into our airway through our nose has largely remained a mystery.
Many of the processed foods we find on grocery store shelves have been loaded up with highly refined soluble fibers such as inulin, a popular probiotic that recently received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to be marketed as health-promoting.
Many of the processed foods we find on grocery store shelves have been loaded up with highly refined soluble fibers such as inulin, a popular probiotic that recently received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to be marketed as health-promoting.
A team of researchers with members from several institutions in Japan has successfully generated human oogonia inside of artificial mouse ovaries using human stem cells.
A team of researchers with members from several institutions in Japan has successfully generated human oogonia inside of artificial mouse ovaries using human stem cells.
To date, most electricity-generating bacteria have come from weird environments, but researchers have found more than 100 in the human microbiome, both pathogenic and probiotic.
To date, most electricity-generating bacteria have come from weird environments, but researchers have found more than 100 in the human microbiome, both pathogenic and probiotic.
An international team of researchers has uncovered a destructive mechanism at the molecular level that causes a well-known phenomenon associated with obesity, called leptin resistance.
An international team of researchers has uncovered a destructive mechanism at the molecular level that causes a well-known phenomenon associated with obesity, called leptin resistance.
It is well known that genetic mutations cause diseases, but the severity and symptoms of the disease vary among people who carry the same mutation. Why?
It is well known that genetic mutations cause diseases, but the severity and symptoms of the disease vary among people who carry the same mutation. Why?