Robyn Metcalfe hits dead ends in her quest to rethink agriculture
Read now →"Food Routes" offers a futuristic vision, but only for a subset of the planet
Great news! Hops contain a molecule that improves metabolism!
Read now →And it's the same one that makes your beer bitter.
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The next therapeutic frontier may be in your gut
Read now →Scientists are trying to harness the microbiome for healing
Could a virus with a sweet tooth become a weapon against cancer?
Read now →Researchers harnessed a virus' natural behavior to attack tumors
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Ketogenetic dieting aids look too good to be true because they are
Read now →For the love of all that is starchy, there is no shortcut to weight loss
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CAR-T could revolutionize cancer treatment. It can also be fatal
Read now →Nearly 70 years after the invention of chemotherapy, new treatments still come with dangerous risks
Chewing gum could detect disease in saliva and deliver results via taste
Read now →Forget wearables, the hottest tech around is chewables
Why you shouldn't worry about the bacteria in your sponges
Read now →Remember that study about the 'dangerous' bacteria hiding in your kitchen sponge? Not so fast
The science behind Nike's Vaporfly shoes
Read now →World Athletics has put limits on the types of shoes that marathoners can wear to prevent sponsored athletes from having unfair advantages
Just Months of American Life Change the Microbiome
Read now →Immigrants’ gut bacteria “westernize” soon after they move to the U.S., which might influence obesity in immigrants and Americans alike
A chemotherapy missile made of DNA target-locks on to cancer cells
Read now →"Sticky" DNA sequences can guide drugs directly to cancer cells
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Bats' unique immune systems make them stealthy viral reservoirs
Read now →These ecologically important animals have been at the center of many major viral outbreaks, and we are beginning to understand why
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Lead poisoning hits low-income children harder than their affluent neighbors
Read now →Children living in poverty suffer greater cognitive and physical effects from lead exposure than children from richer families, even if they live in the same area
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A failed Alzheimer's drug stops cancer cells from shedding their coats and hiding from the immune system
Read now →A chance reading and a fortuitous overlap between Alzheimer's and multiple myeloma biology gave a failed drug new life
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To stop pancreatic cancer from spreading, cut out the chatter
Read now →By switching off cell-to-cell communication, researchers turned cancer’s bazooka into a rubber pistol
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New types of drugs, called PROTACs, melt cancer-causing proteins away
Read now →Researchers from Yale and Oregon Health and Science universities have now used this approach to treat chronic myeloid leukemia cells
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Probiotics, not antibiotics, might be the future of livestock farming
Read now →Probiotics are an attractive alternative to longstanding farming practice, and could help us build a better food system
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The gut microbiome can hit fast forward on Alzheimer's disease progression
Read now →Male — but not female — mice had reduced amyloid beta plaques in the brain after antibiotic treatment
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Neurons and cancer cells are a dangerous duo
Read now →New research finds that neurons migrate from the brain to infiltrate cancer cells, and that targeting this process is a promising new method of attack on cancer.
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Bacteria from our guts have the tools to solve blood bank shortages
Read now →The discovery of a new enzyme system that can convert type A blood into type O blood could ease strain on universal donors and transform healthcare
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Bioengineered yeast can produce the active ingredients of marijuana better than the plant
Read now →Now, new and rare THCs and CBDs may be on the horizon
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Reducing agricultural carbon emissions will be good for the planet and our stomachs
Read now →From soil microbes to factory farming, the Green New Deal could radically improve our food system
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What a strange case of scientific déjà vu showed us about the dangers of plastics
Read now →New research shows that BPA-free plastic might still be harmful
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How your immune system can give you narcolepsy
Read now →New research could lead to easier diagnoses of this rare sleep disorder
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Saliva is just what we needed to create a new malaria vaccine
Read now →The mistake mosquitos made? Leaving their spit behind
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Pulling all-nighters may damage your brain
Read now →New research suggests bad sleep causes a build-up of plaque associated with Alzheimer's
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Billionaires are rushing into biotech. Inequality is following them into science
Read now →'Free-market philanthropy' raises yet more questions about the future of American public research
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The secret to sounder sleep may be lurking in our guts
Read now →New research shows that stressed med students on probiotics got better shut-eye
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A new study shows that some are 'immune' to CRISPR. What does it mean for biology's breakthrough editor?
Read now →It's complicated, and the road from lab to clinic is long
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How gut bacteria manipulates your immune system – by mimicking it
Read now →Scientists are discovering how microbes 'speak' with the body
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