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A Woman's Thumb Briefly Grew Hair Where None Should, and a Mouse Protein Hints Why Palms Stay Bare

Palm skin normally grows no hair, yet a woman's thumb tip did, twice. Mouse research suggests hairless skin is actively held back, not born bald.

Medical Daily · Oct 27

Your Dog Cannot Fast: Why the Fasting Kitchen Should Never Change Their Diet or Feeding Schedule

The dog does not know it is EkadashiDogs are obligate opportunists. They eat what is placed in front of them, and their digestive system has no mechanism to flag that sabudana khichdi or singhara atta roti is nutritionally mismatched for their biology. A dog's gut is designed to process animal…

Times Life · Sep 14

A Rare Immune Cell Starts Multiplying Around Age 100, and People Who Reach 110 Are Full of Them

A Cell Reports study found that rare cancer-linked immune cells expand in people past age 100. It does not prove they cause longer life.

Medical Daily · Aug 26

How do some cancer cells survive chemotherapy? Scientists find one way

Cancer treatment is costly, time-consuming, and painful. A new study suggests that the location of a gene in cancer cells' nucleus could be the cause of drug resistance to Taxol. Researchers found that a protein called lamin B receptor (LBR) helps keep the gene close to the nuclear envelope, making…

The Hindu · Oct 12, 2023

Some of the 1st ice age humans who ventured into Americas came from China, DNA study suggests

The first wave of humans into the Americas during the last ice age may have hailed partly from northern China, according to a DNA study of ancient and modern Indigenous people.

LiveScience · May 10, 2023

Mother's Blessing: Microbiota From Mothers Regulates Lung Immunity In Newborns

A new study led by Bruno Silva Santos, group leader and vice-director at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular Joo Lobo Antunes (iMM; Portugal), and published in the scientific journal Cell Reports discovered that T cells influence the transfer of maternal microbiota during birth and nursing, as well as the lung…

Dynamite News · Feb 14, 2023

Your nose has a microbiome — does it hold the key to ridding respiratory infections forever?

Booger transplants, anyone?

Inverse · Dec 19, 2022

Artificial gravity could reduce astronauts’ health risks, Nasa finds

Study using fruit flies prepares for future long-duration deep space exploration

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2022

Gut study reveals why pandas get huge despite their terrible diet

The panda's gut microbiome helps it maintain its robust body mass year-round according to a new study published in the journal ‘Cell Reports.’

Inverse · Jan 20, 2022