Category: 5. Health

A new long-term study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology has shown that overall food quality, rather than specific low-carb or low-fat diets, may be the most important factor in…

New research published in the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology suggests that extending your overnight fast by about 3 hours by avoiding eating before bed may significantly improve…

Making high-performance proteins for medicines or consumer products can take trial after trial of tweaks, experiments and fine-tuning. A new machine learning framework squeezes all that into a single round of testing.

The technique,…

A unique quality of the immune system is that it can generate a ‘memory’ response. This is generally referred to as ‘immune memory’ because of the body’s ability to remember previously encountered…

Antibodies are small proteins that are secreted by specialized cells to target and neutralize pathogens. The “Y” shaped structure is crucial for active immunity and work by binding and tagging specific…

These days, many people can skip the dreaded Pap smear in favor of a far less invasive and more private way to screen for cervical cancer: disposable, DIY swabs that can be used to test for high-risk variants of HPV, the virus…

“Humble” is not a word my colleagues would use to describe me, especially early in my career.

In fact, when word got around that I was researching humility, I suspect more than a few choked on their coffee.

And even though I have…