Month: March 2021

Selective transport through the nuclear pore complex presents a very complicated case—a lot of ins, a lot of outs, a lot of what-have-yous. To have any hope of unraveling the case, scientists based at the University of Groningen and Delft University of Technology knew that they would have to keep a lot of strands in

You dip your teabag into a cup of boiling water and watch the clear steaming liquid slowly change into an inviting rich red. The laws by which the particles of tea spread from the source of high concentration (teabag) to the volume of low concentration (water in the cup) were explained elegantly in mathematical equations

Selenium is a trace mineral that has powerful antioxidant properties. It is a co-factor enzyme and its main job as an antioxidant is to protect against oxidative damage, so it can help with chronic conditions that include inflammation. A new mouse study demonstrated that adding selenium to diets can protect against obesity as well as

The results of a pilot human clinical trial conducted by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine suggest that taking a supplement known as GlyNAC—a combination of glycine and N-acetylcysteine (NAC) as precursors of the natural antioxidant glutathione (GSH)—could improve many age-associated deficiencies in older people, to improve muscle strength and cognition, and promote healthy aging.

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Acting Chairwoman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said it will challenge Illumina’s planned $8 billion acquisition of cancer blood test developer Grail—drawing a rebuke from the sequencing giant, which is vowing to oppose the agency and fight for the deal it announced just over

One of the earliest iterations of the microscope was built in the 1600s by the microscopy pioneer Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. His work not only developed the field of microscopy but opened up the study of microbes upon his observation of “wee animalcules”—his description of unicellular organisms. More advanced microscopes have been developed since Leeuwenhoek’s time,

Total units as of 2020: 13 Initial franchise fee: $25,000 Just Poké was founded by Danny Brawer and Norman Wu in 2016, and the franchise describes itself as “a healthy local poké chain in the Pacific Northwest, with restaurants currently located throughout the Seattle area and greater Western Washington.”  As with most food franchises, it’s not

As we age, we acquire random mutations in the cells that make up our bodies―a phenomenon called somatic mutation. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) that continuously replenish the cells in our bloodstream may acquire somatic mutations. HSCs are the precursors of both the oxygen carrying red blood cells and the immune white blood cells. When HSCs

Metformin is commonly used to help people with type 2 diabetes manage their blood sugar levels. The diabetes drug is derived from a lilac plant that’s been used medicinally for more than a thousand years. For most patients, metformin works to bring down blood sugar gradually when combined with a healthy diet and exercise. Metformin

Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) in Switzerland, in collaboration with the University of Tampere in Finland, say they have highlighted the critical role of paxillin, a protein that enables cells to perceive their environment and anchor at the right place with the help of cellular “crampons.” Without functional paxillin, the cell is unable

Two COVID-19 drug developers said they will seek emergency use authorizations (EUAs) from the FDA for their therapeutics following positive late-stage clinical results. Humanigen disclosed topline Phase III results showing that hospitalized patients who received lenzilumab and other treatments—including steroids and/or Gilead Sciences’ marketed drug Veklury® (remdesivir)—had a 54% greater relative likelihood of survival without

March 30, 2021 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Over the last few years, the marketing world has focused on digital transformation. Marketing professionals have embraced online and mobile channels to such an extent that the old-school marketing tactics of television and radio might have seemed dead. That’s not the

The results of research by scientists at Scripps Research suggest that experimental antibody therapies for Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may have the unintended adverse effect of triggering brain inflammation. The team carried out a series of vitro studies and experiments in mice carrying brain grafts of human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived microglia (hiMG).