Researchers led by Hiroshi Ohno at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan have discovered why smoking tobacco helps people suffering from ulcerative colitis, a chronic disease typified by inflammation of the large intestine. Published in the scientific journal Gutthe study shows that smoking produces metabolites that encourage bacteria from the mouth…
Researchers recently found that sucralose could negatively impact cancer patients’ response to immunotherapy and that the gut microbiome likely mediates this relationship. Image credit:© Istock, magnesium2 In 1976, researchers Leslie Hough and Shakshikant Phadnis from Queen Elizabeth College in London were studying the chemical derivatives of sucrose. Phadnis tasted one of these compounds, having misheard…
Remote DreamWorks Animation staffers have gone public with their attempt to unionize with The Animation Guild. The IATSE Local announced on Wednesday that employees who work remotely on L.A.-based film and television projects had submitted a request for voluntary recognition of the union to management. On Thursday they plan on filing for an election with…
Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) Commissioner M. Maheshwar Rao on Wednesday directed officials to initiate the Sociol and Educational Survey in the GBA limits at the earliest. Chairing a virtual meeting of the Backward Classes Commission, the GBA Chief instructed enumerators from various departments to begin fieldwork without delay after undergoing training at respective urban corporations….
Mayo Clinic researchers have pinpointed how excessive alcohol consumption contributes to fatty liver disease, a condition that affects more than one in three people in the U.S. Also known as Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease, it is a long-lasting disease that can lead to type 2 diabetes and even liver cancer. Excessive alcohol can…
By modifying a protein in the cell’s normal elimination pathway, researchers targeted specific cells for destruction. Image credit:Mindy Takamiya/Kyoto University iCeMS When cells die or the body no longer needs them, phagocytic cells arrive to engulf them. This process relies upon the cells destined for destruction to express a protein that serves as an “eat…
Millie Bobby Brown is close to landing a role as an American sports icon for Netflix. The Stranger Things standout is in final negotiations to star as Olympic gymnast Kerri Strug in director Gia Coppola‘s feature Perfect. Brown would also join the film’s producing team. Coppola (The Last Showgirl) is helming the movie from a…
Union Minister of State for Tourism and Petroleum and Natural Gas Suresh Gopi has said that he hopes the long-debated Uniform Civil Code (UCC) would be brought into force in the country, arguing it could open the way for a national framework to oversee the administration of temples, including Sabarimala. Speaking at his “kalunk sabha”…
