In a study recently published in Academia Biology, researchers Gumpeny Sridhar, Srinivas Botta, and Gumpeny Lakshmi explored how helminths affect the development of insulin resistance and type two diabetes. The research team highlighted how individuals with prior schistosomiasis (a disease caused by parasitic worms called schistosomes) have lower rates of diabetes, insulin resistance, and metabolic…
Read MoreA team of researchers from Shandong University in Qingdao, China have turned bacteria into tumor hunters that kill cancer, at least in the laboratory. The study was published in the scientific journal PLOS Biology. Chenghao Ma and colleagues modified the probiotic strain Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 (EcN) to produce Romidepsin (FK228). Romidepsin is an FDA-approved…
Read MoreCan dogs read? Not English. But they are helping children to read English, Spanish, and other languages at public libraries throughout Orange County, California. These therapy dogs are part of the nonprofit OC Animal Allies’ Canine literacy program. The dogs also visit local schools and community events to help toddlers to teenagers improve reading fluency…
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