“Their findings suggest an astonishing 30 percent of all protein adaptations since humans’ divergence with chimpanzees have been driven by viruses.”
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Pomegranate’s powerful anti-aging secret
“Scientists have discovered that a molecule in pomegranates, transformed by microbes in the gut, enables muscle cells to protect themselves against one of the major causes of aging.”
Toxic air pollution nanoparticles discovered in the human brain
“‘Our results indicate that magnetite nanoparticles in the atmosphere can enter the human brain, where they might pose a risk to human health, including conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease,’ added […]
Epigenetics could explain disease inheritance
“When offspring are in the womb, what their mothers experience environmentally (for example, diet, stress, smoking), influences the attributes of offspring when they are adults. This ‘developmental programming’ is understood […]
Epigenetic trigger of ALS
“Researchers examined identical twins–one afflicted with familial ALS and one not–and found that environmental factors were likely necessary to alter the expression of some immune genes (epigenetic changes) before the […]
Vagus nerve stimulation reduces rheumatoid arthritis
“Clinical trial data demonstrates stimulating the vagus nerve with an implantable bioelectronic device significantly improved measures of disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).”
Microbe changes in patients with multiple sclerosis found
“A team of researchers with Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School has discovered that people with multiple sclerosis appear to have differences in their gut biome than the […]
Indicator of chronic fatigue syndrome found in gut bacteria
“Our work demonstrates that the gut bacterial microbiome in ME/CFS patients isn’t normal, perhaps leading to gastrointestinal and inflammatory symptoms in victims of the disease,” said Maureen Hanson, the Liberty […]
Fetal BPA exposure in mice linked to estrogen-related diseases
“Researchers from Yale show that the genome is permanently altered in the uterus of mice that had been exposed to BPA during their fetal development. These changes were found to […]
A single species of gut bacteria can reverse autistic-like behavior in mice
“By adding this bacterial species back to the guts of affected mice, the researchers were able to reverse some of the mice’s behavioral deficits, which are reminiscent of symptoms of […]