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A new study of ancient DNA has revealed the shared African and Asian ancestry of the Swahili people that inhabit the Indian Ocean coast of east Africa.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic and disabling disease of the central nervous system, and a new study suggests that the onset and relapse of MS may be initiated by a toxin from gut bacteria.

Scientists at UCLA found that diets involving the consumption of plants and unprocessed foods are not only good for your body, they’re also better for the planet than the standard American diet. The research is published in Nutrients.

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have developed a new method of delivering radiation therapy to cancer cells – using engineered bacteria.

According to a study, the fast motor kinetics of prestin, a protein found in the inner ear, is essential for hearing high-frequency sounds.

A newly discovered strategy used by tumors that have spread – and are also more deadly – may help explain why some immunotherapies designed to help the immune system kill cancer are unsuccessful.

The epigenetic fingerprint of chicken, salmon and shrimp can be used to identify whether it was wild, free-range or factory farmed.

Many studies are looking for ways to optimize absorption of bioactive compounds by the organism and increase their bioavailability – the proportion that enters the bloodstream after absorption. One way is to coat the compounds with another material and package them on the nanometric scale (a nanometer is a billionth of a meter).

A novel chemical-creation platform is being unearthed that could help breathe new life into tired drugs and agrochemicals.

Researchers have identified specific proteins and amino acids that could control bioenergy plants’ ability to identify beneficial microbes that can enhance plant growth and storage of carbon in soils.