Health & Physiology

Why breakfast is not the most important meal of the day: Another myth bites the dust!

There has been a widespread belief that eating breakfast is central to tackling overweight and obesity, one of our major medical and public health challenges....

Aluminium in antiperspirants: an effective tool or a breast cancer threat?

The Face Mask Dilemma: to wear or not to wear, that is the question

COVID-19 is raging across the world. Lacking available treatments, policymakers are looking for efficient public health measures that could turn the tide. The...

Toxic brain cells are a new target for treating neurodegeneration

Scutoid cell blocks: a (energetically) cheap way of life

A new geometric shape has been described in epithelial cells. This type of cells blocks, called Scutoids, are necessary for curving the epithelial tissues and...

Hacking the tryptophan metabolic process to reduce neurodegeneration

The surprising effects of a Paleo diet on diabetic patients

Finding Zika’s Achilles heel

Even viruses have their weak spots. In this study, Zika's one might have been identified, allowing further steps in the battle against this compromising...

The power of our adaptive immunity against Alzheimer’s Disease

Evolution does not care

The universal cellular process of autophagy that is highly important for young worms becomes malfunctioned in old worms and leads to a shorter life.

Family history and personal health behind memory’s impairments

Adults with a first-degree relative with Alzheimer's disease perform more poorly on online paired-learning tasks than adults without such a family history....

A novel treatment for inherited blinding eye diseases

The innovative molecular technique known as CRISPR/Cas9 opens new landscapes for treating genetic disorders otherwise incurable.