The Christmas season can bring plenty of joy and fun to your life – but it can also leave many feeling exhausted. But now experts have revealed how that feeling of extreme tiredness could be down to the condition Adrenal Fatigue. The adrenal glands, which sit on top of each kidney, are responsible for producing … Read more
In a recent study published in the journal PLOS pathogensresearchers investigated the mechanisms through which the human common cold Betacoronavirus OC43 (HCoV-OC43) and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) inhibit the formation of stress granules. Study: Nsp1 proteins of human coronaviruses HCoV-OC43 and SARS-CoV2 inhibit stress granule formation. Image Credit: MIA Studio/Shutterstock Background Stress … Read more
Cryo-electron microscopy by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers has exposed the structure of a bacterial virus with unprecedented detail. This is the first structure of a virus able to infect Staphylococcus epidermidis, and high-resolution knowledge of structure is a key link between viral biology and potential therapeutic use of the virus to quell bacterial … Read more
I had the opportunity to take part in a holiday tradition in another state. All the downtown stores with many locally made products stayed open late. They had special sales to launch the holiday season. I was looking forward to the evening. The stores offered treats including cookies, candy, cocoa and apple cider. As fate … Read more
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Researchers report that a gut microbial catabolite could reduce the cardiometabolic disease (CMD) burden in mice. Study: A gut microbial metabolite of dietary polyphenols reverses obesity-driven hepatic steatosis. Image Credit: SvetaZi / Shutterstock.com Background Flavonoids exhibit anti-obesogenic, chemoprotective, and antioxidant … Read more
Once considered an inert tissue, fat – or adipose tissue – is now known to play an active role in the body’s critical functions by secreting hormones that regulate hunger and body temperature. Body fat comes in several varieties; for example, white adipose tissue stores excess energy, and brown adipose tissue primarily burns energy. In … Read more
In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers designed a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine construct using hybrid SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) spike(S) protein (containing SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron variant mutations) and nucleocapsid (N) protein peptides that confer T lymphocyte-mediated immune protection. Study: De novo design of anti-variant COVID … Read more