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Alzheimer’s disease risk genes disturb the brain protective mechanism

The brain has a natural protective mechanism against Alzheimer's disease, and researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and collaborating institutions have discovered that gene variants associated with risk of developing the disease disturb the protective mechanism in ways that can lead to neurodegeneration.

3 Jan 2022

New systematic review finds low-quality evidence on the effectiveness of hangover remedies

A new systematic review has found only very low-quality evidence that substances claiming to treat or prevent alcohol-induced hangover work.

3 Jan 2022

Healthy dietary habits help reduce risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnant women

Obesity is a significant risk factor for developing gestational diabetes mellitus, and an increasing number of pregnant women are overweight or obese. Dietary habits have an impact on both obesity and the onset of gestational diabetes mellitus.

30 Dec 2021

Intestinal organoids used to explain why bats infected with viruses do not succumb to diseases

Experiments attempting to explain why bats can be infected with many viruses at a time without succumbing to diseases such as COVID-19 - knowledge that could help us to reduce the threat to humans of infectious disease - have struggled until now with the fact that live wild bats make poor research subjects.

30 Dec 2021

New biodegradable smart food packaging material helps kill harmful microbes

A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, US, has developed a 'smart' food packaging material that is biodegradable, sustainable and kills microbes that are harmful to humans. It could also extend the shelf-life of fresh fruit by two to three days.

29 Dec 2021

Researchers unravel how our organs know when to stop growing

The smallest fish in the world, the Paedocypris, measures only 7 millimeters. This is nothing compared to the 9 meters of the whale shark.

23 Dec 2021

Exploring the Mediterranean diet as a potential strategy against SARS-CoV-2

A study found that the Mediterranean diet, when combined with non-smoking and regular physical activity, can lower susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2.

22 Dec 2021

Vaccine promoters struggle to get people boosted in California’s fields

Since the start of the pandemic, Luz Gallegos and her team of 56 advocates for immigrants have battled the scorching sun, illiteracy and deadly propaganda in the fields and fruit groves of the Coachella Valley.

20 Dec 2021

Researchers uncover production mechanism of protein crucial for vision

Every 6 minutes someone is told they're going blind. One of the major causes of human blindness is a disease called Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), which causes progressive degeneration of the retina and vision loss.

18 Dec 2021

Researchers identify a transporter protein in the brain that plays a vital role in habituation

In habituation, an organism gets so used to a ubiquitous sight, smell, sensation or sound that it virtually disappears. Runa Hamid of the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, India, and colleagues have identified a transporter protein in the brain that plays a vital role in habituation, which they report in a new study publishing December 16th in the journal PLOS Genetics.

17 Dec 2021

Containing a Nipah virus outbreak amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

A new study deals with a single case of Nipah virus that occurred in 2021, with no discoverable chain of transmission, apparently ending with the death of the index patient in Kerala.

15 Dec 2021

New guidelines for heart-healthy eating

We speak to Dr. Alice Lichtenstein about the American Heart Association’s latest guidelines for a heart-healthy diet, and how they can be applied across different lifestyles.

14 Dec 2021

WHO Lyon Office celebrates two decades of dedicating to building stronger health emergency capacities

The WHO Office in Lyon, France - a Centre of Excellence in strengthening public health laboratories - contributes to global health security and supports countries in building stronger health emergency capacities.

12 Dec 2021

Apterous protein plays a crucial double role in retaining memories, study reveals

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have gained insights into the biochemistry of long-term memory. Studying fruit flies, they found that the Apterous (Ap) protein plays a crucial double role in retaining memories.

12 Dec 2021

Sustainable dietary habits are linked to health benefits, shows study

A large population study from Lund University in Sweden has shown that more sustainable dietary habits are linked to health benefits, such as a reduced risk of premature death from cardiovascular disease and cancer. The study is published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

9 Dec 2021

Genome sequencing efforts overlook huge swathes of diversity and opportunity, researchers warn

Efforts to sequence the genomes of the world's animals tend to focus on those that most resemble humans with the work conducted almost entirely in the Global North, according to an analysis led by Washington State University.

7 Dec 2021

Investigating the zoonotic adaptation and anthropozoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers summarize the possible causes and routes of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 between humans and animals.

2 Dec 2021

New assessment finds 40% of the adults to be obese or overweight

The fight against obesity and undernourishment stalled during the COVID-19 pandemic, with over 40 per cent of adults now obese or overweight, the world's leading independent assessment of the state of global nutrition has found.

1 Dec 2021

New app to be piloted in Wolverhampton will reward healthy behaviors

A new app will be piloted in Wolverhampton which will offer incentives such as vouchers for shops, theme park passes, and cinema tickets for people who eat healthy and exercise more.

1 Dec 2021

People with allergic conditions may have a lower risk of COVID-19 infection, finds study

People with allergic conditions such as hay fever, rhinitis, and atopic eczema, may have a lower risk of COVID-19 infection, especially if they also have asthma, finds a large, population-based study of UK adults, published online in the respiratory journal Thorax.

1 Dec 2021

Fruit News and Research

Alzheimer’s disease risk genes disturb the brain protective mechanism

New systematic review finds low-quality evidence on the effectiveness of hangover remedies

Healthy dietary habits help reduce risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnant women

Intestinal organoids used to explain why bats infected with viruses do not succumb to diseases

New biodegradable smart food packaging material helps kill harmful microbes

Researchers unravel how our organs know when to stop growing

Exploring the Mediterranean diet as a potential strategy against SARS-CoV-2

Vaccine promoters struggle to get people boosted in California’s fields

Researchers uncover production mechanism of protein crucial for vision

Researchers identify a transporter protein in the brain that plays a vital role in habituation

Containing a Nipah virus outbreak amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

New guidelines for heart-healthy eating

WHO Lyon Office celebrates two decades of dedicating to building stronger health emergency capacities

Apterous protein plays a crucial double role in retaining memories, study reveals

Sustainable dietary habits are linked to health benefits, shows study

Genome sequencing efforts overlook huge swathes of diversity and opportunity, researchers warn

Investigating the zoonotic adaptation and anthropozoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2

New assessment finds 40% of the adults to be obese or overweight

New app to be piloted in Wolverhampton will reward healthy behaviors

People with allergic conditions may have a lower risk of COVID-19 infection, finds study

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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