“Measuring gut metabolites in stool is like studying an elephant by examining its tail,” said Envivo Bio’s Dari Shalon, inventor of the capsule. “The device consists of a polymer shell which contains a collapsed fluid-collection bladder. When the capsule is […]
“For some time now, it has been observed that wounds with a zig-zag pattern heal faster than those which simply form a straight line. Scientists have now determined why this is the case, and their findings could change the ways […]
“In a new study, researchers were able to stage the disease using atomic force microscopy to visualize the size and shape of these clumps, which may provide a way of detecting the debilitating disease earlier.” ~ learn more
“Researchers at the University of South Australia (UniSA) were investigating nesting boxes for wild animals on Kangaroo Island, when they came across a box full of dead ants. They didn’t think much of it, until one amateur flubbed its lines […]
There are two ways the cell deteriorated over time: either deterioration within its cellular nucleus or its mitochondria. “[R]ather than the entire cell aging at once, the aging process was toggled between different physical parts of the organism, extending its […]
The researchers learned that rather than clearing unusable proteins right away, ”blood’s stem cells actually squirrel away their misfolded waste and only recycle it when they need it.” And as the cells age, their ability to do this declines. Researcher […]
“A team of Harvard Medical School scientists say they’ve come up with a new drug cocktail of molecules that they say can successfully regenerate the hair cells in the inner ear that enable hearing — a potentially groundbreaking treatment for […]
Building on the published evidence above, Dr. Ruben Laukkonen proposes the hypothesis that this is a version of human hibernation. It’s a very interesting idea. ~ learn more
The full paper is paywalled (boo Elsevier) but enough is there to be intriguing. There are rare meditators who seem to enter a state without consciousness for up to 7 days. Unlike sleep, “they cannot be ‘woken up’ from the […]
“In their study, the team fed mice a diet that restricted the intake of cysteine and methionine, two sulfur amino acids… Not only did they find that the diet made glioblastoma cells more likely to die from ferroptosis, but they […]