Modifying the body’s immune system to help treat Type 1 diabetes
In a new study, a team of researchers from the University of Missouri, Georgia Tech and Harvard University has demonstrated ...
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A single hormone directs body’s responses to low-protein diet
BATON ROUGE, LA. – A single hormone appears to coordinate the lifespan extension produced by a low-protein diet. Credit: Pennington ...
Ultrathin fuel cell uses the body’s own sugar to generate electricity
Glucose is the sugar we absorb from the foods we eat. It is the fuel that powers every cell in ...
New details behind the body’s response to tuberculosis could lead to a more effective vaccine
BOSTON – More than 1.7 billion people—or a quarter of the world’s population—are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterial strain ...
Body’s response to different strains of tuberculosis could affect transmission
Two strains of the bacterium causing tuberculosis have only minor genetic differences but attack the lungs in completely different fashion, ...
Boosting the body’s response to infections with a bio-inspired peptide
Somewhere along the long and winding road of evolution, our ancestors lost the ability to produce a small but mighty ...
Gel fights drug-resistant bacteria and induces body’s natural immune defense
In the fight against multidrug-resistant bacteria, scientists in Sweden have developed a new kind of antibiotic-free protection for wounds that ...