New research revealed a surprising pathway that shows alcohol byproducts travel to the brain to promote addiction memory. They show…
Evolving alongside other bacteria keeps hospital bug potent
Bacteria that evolve in natural environments — rather than laboratory tests — may become resistant to phage treatments without losing…
Clues to improve cancer immunotherapy revealed
A new study indicates a way for cancer immunotherapy to spur a more robust immune response. Such knowledge could lead…
Scientists unveil the secret of cancer-associated Warburg effect
New research shows that lactate, an end product of metabolism, changes the function of an immune cell known as a…
Antibiotics with novel mechanism of action discovered
Many life-threatening bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to existing antibiotics. Researchers have now discovered a new class of antibiotics with…
A single, master switch for sugar levels?
When a fly eats sugar, a single brain cell sends simultaneous messages to stimulate one hormone and inhibit another to…
Accumulation of DNA mutations found in healthy liver leads to disease
New insights into the journey from health to disease in the human liver have been made by scientists. In the…
Sensing sweetness on a molecular level
Whether it’s chocolate cake or pasta sauce, the sensation of sweetness plays a major role in the human diet and…
Researchers find college football players’ weight gain leads to heart problems
Weight gain and high blood pressure in college football players leads to adverse changes in cardiac structure and function, indicating…
High-salt diet promotes cognitive impairment through the Alzheimer-linked protein tau
Investigators sought to understand the series of events that occur between salt consumption and poor cognition and concluded that lowering…