Western diet impairs the gut immune system, could increase risk of inflammatory bowel disease

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Eating a Western diet impairs the immune system in the gut in ways that could increase risk of infection and inflammatory bowel disease, according to a study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Cleveland Clinic. Read Original...

Researchers identify specific influenza targets that could lead to universal flu vaccine for indigenous populations

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Researchers have identified specific influenza targets that could be used to better protect Indigenous people from experiencing severe influenza disease through a universal, T cell-based vaccine. Read Original...

Incorrect DNA packaging makes retrotransposons more accessible

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Scientists led by Dr. Salvador Aznar-Benitah, head of the Stem Cells and Cancer laboratory at IRB Barcelona, have described the alterations that occur during mammary gland formation when heterochromatin (the part of DNA that does not actively produce proteins) is...

Users who pinned healthy recipes on social media are more likely to make unhealthy ones

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Scientists develop experimental direct-acting antiviral therapy to treat COVID-19

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An international team of scientists from the Menzies Health Institute Queensland (MHIQ) at Griffith University and from City of Hope, a research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases in the U.S., have developed an experimental...