Credit: Unsplash Biotechnology has the potential to revolutionize the cosmetics industry in various ways, offering innovative solutions and addressing consumer demands for more effective, sustainable, and personalized products and yes, bring most extinted plants back to life. Bioactive Ingredients Biotechnology allows for the production of bioactive ingredients with higher efficacy. This includes bioengineered peptides, enzymes, and proteins...
Peanut allergy stands as one of the prevalent food allergies, impacting around 1 to 2 percent of the United States population. credit: Unsplash. Scientists are exploring a groundbreaking toothpaste designed to mitigate severe reactions in individuals with peanut allergies. The experimental therapy has shown promising results in its initial human clinical trials conducted by researchers...
The danger zone: Take extra care around your cat's litter . Credit: Pixaobay The widely recognized single-cell parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which induces hazardous behavior in its hosts to enhance its transmission and can lead to severe mental and physical health issues, is now linked to the acceleration of age-related frailty. This microscopic organism that prospers in...
A study has linked a reduction in deep sleep to increased dementia risk in over 60s. Credit: Pixaobay A recent study revealed that individuals aged 60 and above who experience an annual 1% decline in deep sleep are associated with a 27% higher dementia risk. These results indicate that preserving or improving deep sleep might...
Credit: Pixaobay Recent research has revealed that adopting a healthy lifestyle involving moderate alcohol consumption, a balanced diet, regular physical activity, quality sleep, and frequent social interaction, while refraining from smoking and excessive sedentary behavior, can lower the risk of depression. Published in Nature Mental Health, an international team of researchers, including those from the University...
Credit: Pixaobay Chitin, a substance that plays a vital role in providing structural support and protection to arthropods like crustaceans, spiders, and insects with soft bodies, could have an unexpected function in regulating metabolism and combating weight gain in mammals. Chitin has garnered attention in various research areas, including the development of more robust materials and...
Credit: Pixaobay Being the sole mammal capable of genuine flight, bats have developed a range of distinctive traits that enable their bodies to adapt to the physical demands of nocturnal flapping. Having a resilient physique reduces the likelihood of infections causing significant harm. For species like us, lacking such robust immune systems, possessing the ability to...
A study of adolescents and young adults has found that smoking and/or vaping is linked to an increased likelihood of eye problems Credit: Pixaobay A recent study has established a connection between cigarette and e-cigarette use in adolescents and young adults, and the frequency and seriousness of eye-related issues reported by this group. The researchers...
Researchers have found that the health of the gut microbiome during infancy is key to whether children develop common allergiesDepositphotos A recent study discovered a common factor among four major childhood allergies: an early-life imbalance in gut bacteria. These findings may lead to treatments aiming to restore the gut microbiome in children, potentially averting lifelong...
Credit: Unsplash. A recent research investigation revealed that the combination of radiotherapy and a virus designed to target cancer cells proved to be more successful in treating a challenging and fatal type of brain tumor compared to the individual use of either therapy. The National Brain Tumor Society reports that glioblastoma (GB) constitutes slightly more than half,...
