A new study suggests that meals that include fresh avocado as a substitute for refined carbohydrates can significantly suppress hunger…
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Caution: Grapefruit juice may impose risk on patients with long QT syndrome and should be avoided when taking QT-prolonging drugs
Research confirms that grapefruit juice prolongs the QT interval. This finding has implications for patients taking medications that prolong the…
A step toward better understanding brain anatomy of autism spectrum disorder
A new study set out to settle some of the discrepancies related to brain anatomy and autism spectrum disorder (ASD),…
Researchers create ‘impossible’ nano-sized protein cages with the help of gold
Researchers have succeeded in creating a ‘protein cage’ — a nanoscale structure that could be used to deliver drugs to…
‘Good enough’ parenting is good enough, study finds
Caregivers need only ‘get it right’ 50 percent of the time when responding to babies’ need for attachment to have…
Intelligence can link to health and aging
For over 100 years, scientists have sought to understand what links a person’s general intelligence, health and aging. In a…
Advancing cell therapy for diabetes
Researchers used single-cell sequencing to identify a protein expressed uniquely by insulin-producing beta cells created from stem cells in the…
Creating a global map of the protein shape universe
Researchers have come up with a novel way to classify proteins and their shapes, which lays the foundation of how…
Step towards light-based, brain-like computing chip
Scientists have succeeded in developing a piece of hardware which could pave the way for creating computers resembling the human…
How big data can be used for personal health
Scientists followed a cohort of more than 100 people over several years, tracking the biology of what makes them them.…