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Rhianna-lily graduated from the University of East Anglia with a BSc in biomedicine and completed her MSc by Research in microbiology at the Quadram Institute Bioscience in 2023. Her research primarily focused on the gut microbiome in pregnant women throughout gestation. During her MSc, she developed a passion for science communication and later joined Technology Networks as a Science Writer and Editor, where she works with the news team to cover the latest breaking news and produce Teach Me in 10 videos.

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University of East Anglia

Quadram Institute Biosciences

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Metformin Behaves Differently in Type 1 Diabetes

A trial in adults with type 1 diabetes found that metformin does not improve insulin resistance in liver, muscle or fat tissue. However, it lowered daily insulin needs by ~12%, offering a practical benefit independent of insulin sensitivity.

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Is the Gut Microbiome Really Causing Autism? A Scientist Breaks It Down

Trinity College Dublin’s Dr. Kevin Mitchell reviews the evidence behind claims that gut microbes cause autism. He argues that most microbiome studies are too small, inconsistent and confounded by diet and behavior.

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Three to Four Cups of Coffee Linked to Slower Cellular Aging

A study of 436 adults with severe mental illness found that drinking three to four cups of coffee a day was associated with longer telomeres, equivalent to a biological age around five years younger than non-drinkers.

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Your Genes May Predict Delirium Years Before It Happens

The largest genetic study of delirium shows that APOE ε4 increases delirium susceptibility even without dementia. Researchers identified shared risk loci with Alzheimer’s disease and blood proteins that predict delirium up to 16 years earlier.

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The Brain on DMT: Why Your Inner Narrative Falls Away

A new EEG analysis shows that DMT reduces structure in theta, alpha and beta brainwaves, shifting neural activity away from its usual balance between order and randomness. Larger disruptions were tracked with stronger reports of ego death.

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This Pig Kidney Worked in a Human for 61 Days – Here’s What We Learned

Researchers transplanted a single-edit α-Gal knockout pig kidney and thymus into a brain-dead recipient, followed by 61 days of monitoring. The organ produced urine, maintained electrolyte balance and withstood antibody-mediated rejection.

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Newborn Blood Drops Reveal Early Clues to SIDS Risk

A high-throughput proteomics study of newborn dried blood spots uncovered a three-protein biomarker panel that distinguished preterm infants who later died of SIDS from matched controls, highlighting biological differences in preterm SIDS cases.

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Inside the UK Biobank’s Push Toward Population-Scale Proteomics

UK Biobank’s expansion of Olink proteomics from 50,000 to 500,000 participants marks a major step toward true population-scale multi-omics. Deputy Chief Scientist Dr. Adam Lewandowski discusses the challenges of releasing this high-dimensional data.

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Protein Shape Changes Could Reveal Early Disease Signals

At HUPO 2025, ETH Zurich’s Prof. Paola Picotti discussed how limited proteolysis mass spectrometry tracks protein shape changes rather than abundance alone. She highlighted how metabolite–protein interaction mapping can reveal functional shifts.

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"Frozen in Time” Ancient RNA Shows Yuka the Mammoth Wasn’t Female After All

Scientists recovered authentic RNA from woolly mammoths preserved in Siberian permafrost, something researchers said had “never before been attempted” in such ancient remains. The RNA revealed tissue-specific gene activity, cell stress and microRNAs.

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