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Too much sugar is unhealthy – that we know, but it’s not just down to the many calories. Even moderate amounts of added fructose and sucrose double the body’s own fat production in the liver, researchers have shown. In the long term, this contributes to the development of diabetes or a fatty liver.

According to a study, environmental pollution from industries such as coal mining and metal works may play a role in the increasing numbers of boys born with undescended testicles.

Researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, how allogeneic adipose-derived stem cells can mitigate total body irradiation-induced acute radiation syndrome.

A new study offers a look into the ways in which compromised immunity may render SARS-CoV-2 fitter and capable of evading the immune system. The research shows that a mutated SARS-CoV-2 from a chronically infected immunocompromised patient is capable of evading both naturally occurring antibodies from COVID-19 survivors as well as lab-made antibodies now in clinical use for the treatment of COVID-19.

Researchers have uncovered potential novel therapeutic strategies for oral and esophageal carcinomas. The researchers found that combining two drugs, pitavastatin and capmatinib, inhibited the viability of oral cancer cells in culture, as well as the growth of tumors in a mouse model.

Researchers have identified a potential new target for anti-COVID-19 therapies, a coronavirus enzyme called PLpro (papain-like protease).

Researchers have used organoid technology to grow miniature human tear glands that actually cry. The organoids serve as a model to study how certain cells in the human tear gland produce tears or fail to do so.

More than 1,200 people with rare diseases have received a diagnosis thanks to the integration of large-scale genomics into the Stockholm region's healthcare system.

A new study from McGill, published recently in Developmental Cell, has made a significant advance in identifying how environmental information is transmitted by non-DNA molecules in the sperm.

A new £3.8 million supercomputer commissioned by the N8 Research Partnership (N8) is being used by researchers to better understand COVID-19 and how to recover from the pandemic. It will also support research projects of the SARS-CoV-2 UK strain, energy storage and supply and therapeutic drug design.