Each individual has an individual chemical fingerprint. The composition of small molecules in the blood, such as fats or sugars, determines how our body reacts to external influences, which diseases we are susceptible to and how severe an illness will be.
By monitoring electrolyte levels researchers discovered eating disorders more than a year before a diagnosis and this means that patients might start receiving treatment for them sooner.
Capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.) are among only a few primates that use tools in day-to-day activities. In the Cerrado and Caatinga, they use stones as hammers and anvils to crack open cashew nuts, seed pods of Hymenaea courbaril (West Indian locust; jatoba in Brazil) and other hard foods.
A group, led by researchers from the University of Edinburgh, discovered that TLR2 helps control some of the body's defense mechanisms when cancerous mutations occur in cells.
The pain of others is directly mapped onto neurons in the insula which is a brain region critical for our own emotions, finds a new study from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience recorded from neurons of human patients.
People suffering from Alzheimer's disease can be identified before they experience any symptoms and it's also possible to predict who will deteriorate within the next few years, suggests the findings of a large study led by Lund University in Sweden.
A new study suggests that a treatment using the CRISPR genome editing technology alleviates swelling and reduces the frequency of attacks in hereditary angioedema patients.
Researchers investigating the mechanics of the early stages of lung cancer have identified a new potential treatment, which could also aid early detection of the disease.