Author: wpadmin

Cancer dysregulates the immune response to evade cell death and progress throughout the body. As tumors become established, they uptake nutrients and generate a low-oxygen environment, which limits nutrients in the tissue for other cells. Consequently, the…

Drugs and different treatments approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a specific disease can be repurposed for other pathologies. The application of applying FDA-approved drugs to other diseases has become common for various reasons…

When vaccines are designed, scientists have aimed to prevent the virus from spreading to others, or stop it from producing more flu particles in an infected person. But now researchers think a vaccine could do both. In a new strategy, scientists looked at…

The immune system has two separate responses, which are orchestrated to optimize protection against pathogens. The first response is known as innate immunity. This first wave of protection provides broad defense against a wide range of foreign invaders….

Ketone bodies are water-soluble molecules produced by the liver from fatty acids to generate energy when there is a glucose shortage. This often occurs during fasting, exercise, or dieting, which all reduce caloric intake. These molecules are vital sources of…

Our diet can affect our health in different ways–diet directly impacts the calories and nutrients we consume; it can influence metabolic functions; or have a major effect on the gut microbiome, for some examples. Now, researchers have found that the fats in…