The protein helps convert white fat tissue into calorie-burning beige fat, providing a potential target for weight loss and obesity treatments.
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Cosmic radiation degrades medications on ISS, posing challenges for deep space missions
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Reducing bacterial skin infections with harmless zaps of electricity
Scientists use mild electrical currents to treat skin infections, presenting an antibiotic-free solution amid rising antimicrobial resistance.
Click chemistry makes “switchable” drug carriers that minimize side effects
Scientists develop new drug delivery system that targets tumors then exists the body using “switchable” chemistry.
Silk microneedles could restore wound healing in diabetic patients
Microneedles allow scientists to precisely control the delivery of drugs to chronic wound sites and restore natural healing processes.
This 3D-printed breast implant could help stop breast cancer relapse
The customizable implant releases an anticancer drug in the presence of new tumors that might go undetected by MRI.
Do voice assistants help alleviate loneliness?
Scientists explored whether evidence backs up the growing belief that voice assistants like Alexa can alleviate loneliness, especially in the elderly.
Fused comb jellies share their secrets of regeneration
Two individual comb jellies can fuse into a single organism, providing an incredible feat of regeneration rarely seen in the animal world.
Enzymes help engineer safer, more effective vaccines
Researchers use enzymes to link antigens and adjuvants, creating safer and more effective vaccines by lowering the required adjuvant dosage.
Molecules secreted by parasitic worms found to reduce scarring during wound healing
Researchers have discovered that a protein produced by parasitic worms in the gut enhances wound healing in mice.
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