• Low Glycemic Diet Improves A1c, Other Risk Factors in Diabetes

  A diet rich in vegetables and low in carbs — a so-called low glycemic index (GI) diet ― is associated with clinically significant benefits beyond those provided by existing medications for people with

  2021-08-04

• Nanopore electro-osmotic trap for the label-free study of single proteins and their conformations

  AbstractMany strategies have been pursued to trap and monitor single proteins over time to detect the molecular mechanisms of these essential nanomachines. Single-protein sensing with nanopores is par

  2021-08-04

• Ultrastructural analysis in yeast reveals a meiosis-specific actin-containing nuclear bundle

  AbstractActin polymerises to form filaments/cables for motility, transport, and the structural framework in a cell. Recent studies show that actin polymers are present not only in the cytoplasm but al

  2021-08-03

• Repurposed Cancer Drug Shows Promise in Alzheimer's

  The addition of the antitumor medication masitinib to standard of care significantly slowed cognitive deterioration and improved overall functioning for patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's

  2021-08-02

• 6 Body Modifications: Dermatologic Risks and Adverse Reactions

  Image from Wikimedia Commons | Originalsinphoto.The ancient practice of body modification—including body piercing, skin implants, earlobe stretching, scarification (shown), tongue splitting, and

  2021-07-26

• Diabetes Duration Linked to Increasing Heart Failure Risk

  The longer a person has diabetes, the greater their risk for also developing heart failure, according to an analysis of nearly 10,000 U.S. adults followed for a median of close to 23 years.In a m

  2021-07-26

• DeepMind’s AI predicts structures for a vast trove of proteins

  The human mediator complex has long been one of the most challenging multi-protein systems for structural biologists to understand.Credit: Yuan HeThe human genome holds the instructions for more than

  2021-07-20

• WHO should lead on genome-editing policy, advisers say

  A human embryo shortly after fertilization, seen in a light micrograph.Credit: K. H. Kjeldsen/SPLA committee formed in the wake of a scandal has advised the World Health Organization (WHO) to assume a

  2021-07-05