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A new Weizmann Institute study identified all of the proteins in a stool sample – those from the microbiome, the human body and food – revealing the hidden secrets of the intestines and their impact o ...

An international research team led by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has identified key genetic factors that confer protective effects against Alzheimer’s disease (AD) ...

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It is inevitable that our brains shrink as we grow older. However, with healthy habits, age-related cognitive changes can be ...

Chromatin, the mix of DNA and protein that houses each cell's genome, is more resilient to aging than previously thought, suggests a study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society by ...

Five years after SARS-CoV-2 first surfaced in Wuhan, China, researchers are still trying to understand long COVID. In this ...

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