Irreversible No-Longer – Blind Mice See Again Thanks To New and Better Method for Synthesizing Lost Cells
Age-related macular degeneration (MD) is a variety of ocular disease that affects so many millions of people that it’s…
Category: Function & Health
Food Allergies in Children Seem Heavily-Determined by Mother’s Microbiome and Fiber Intake
The human microbiome – the cultures of microscopic lifeforms which live inside us, is proven to have all manner…
In 2013 Researchers Created Mutant Worms that Live 500% Longer – Now They Know How,
PICTURED: C. elegans under a microscope. Photo credit: Zeiss Microscopy. CC 2.0 Back in 2013, researchers at the Buck…
What if There Were a Drug that Tricked Your Body into Thinking it was Fasting?
PICTURED: Researcher Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, and his colleague Concepcion Rodriguez Esteban. Medical science is now becoming very comfortable…
New Study Finds Two Proteins Which Seem to Prevent Healthy Aging in Worms, Mice, and Humans
Over the 20th and 21st centuries the average lifespan of human beings across the world has been getting longer…
Probiotics Like Lactobacillus Casei have been Shown to Dramatically Reduce Symptoms of Depression
Some of the most extensive research into the human microbiome has revealed that the health or variance in genetic…
Gut Microbiome Could be Better at Predicting Disease and Mortality Than Our Own Genetics
A new paper from Tierney et al. at Harvard Medical School awaiting peer-review has found evidence that the human…
NR, NMN, and Resveratrol are the Three Most Promising Longevity Supplements: Here’s What They Do
The below paragraphs were taken from the first part of a two-part World at Large story on NAD+ supplementation.…
Maybe You’ve Heard of NAD+: Here’s Why it’s Important and Why Everyone’s Talking About
Since the turn of the century the progress in the field of longevity has been remarkable. Researchers like Dr.…
Chinese Scientist Sentenced to 3-Years for Gene-Editing Fetuses
November 25, 2018. PICTURED: Chinese biomedical researcher Dr. Jiankui He. Photo credit The He Lab. CC 3.0 December 30th,…
Depression And Anxiety In Early Motherhood Linked To Unhealthy Eating Habits In Children
According to the English NHS, one in three children leaving primary school will be obese or overweight. In the…
World’s Largest Microbiome Research Cohort Begins To Reveal The Path To Possible Medical Breakthroughs
PICTURED: The cover to a coffee table book “Hadza” that was released based on research and field notes from…
Should A “Clean Food Act” Be The Day-1 Job For The 2020 Democratic Hopefuls?
PICTURED: Presidential hopeful and representative of Hawaii Tulsi Gabbard smiles for the camera next to Bernard Freeman, an activist…
In Helping His Dad With Diabetes, Young Mexican Chemist Pioneers Extraction Of Natural Sugar Substitute
When 18-year old Javier Larragoiti was told his father had been diagnosed with diabetes, the young man, who had…
New Meta-Analysis Shows “No Health Benefit” To Reducing Red Meat Consumption
According to a new review of the evidence, a team of Spanish and Polish researchers have found that there…
Sauna Use For Longevity, Heart Disease, And Injury Recovery – A Game Changer
PICTURED: An Estonian sauna-bather prepares to enter a traditional sauna on a cold day. Photo Credit by EstonianSaunas from…
Why Do We Take Fish Oil Supplements, And Could There Be Something Better?
EPA and DHA, welcome abbreviations for eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid respectively, are actually that which so many professionals…
Environmental Impacts Of Nutritionally-Sound Plant-Based Diets Compared With Their Meaty Counterparts
Researchers at Bard’s college have examined and compared the environmental impacts of a nutritionally-sound plant-based diet with those of…
Endurance Athletes And Their Lactate-Consuming Athletic Gut Bacteria
There are hypotheses that athletes, particularly endurance athletes can alter their microbiome to include species of bacteria which aid…
Nicotine And Cannabis Bind To The Same Receptor Gene
A gene is a sequence of nucleotides contained in our DNA and RNA which carry the blueprints for the…