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Intestinal bacteria help fight aging

Academics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered that a single gut bacterium, Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum (BP), and the molecule...

“Owls” are more likely to experience mental health problems

Experts from the University of Eastern Finland found that people with an evening chronotype (“night owls”) have a harder time...

Biological memory of cells hinders weight loss after obesity

Scientists have found one of the reasons why many people find it difficult to lose weight after they have developed...

Role of protein D1 in aging cells has been revealed

Scientists from Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (USA) and their international colleagues have revealed the paradoxical role of the...

Unpredictable environment changes an infant’s attention and brain

For an infant’s development, not only the family’s financial security is critically important, but also the predictability of the environment....

Chess can support mental health

Two studies have shown that cognitive training based on chess can improve the quality of life and cognitive abilities in...

Scientists have grown contracting muscle tissue

Experts have figured out how to give the body the benefits of physical activity without actually exercising: they created self‑contracting...

Substance that protects the liver has been found in tomatoes

For a long time, lycopene — a red pigment credited with numerous protective effects — was considered the main beneficial...

Investigation of hereditary factors of healthy aging

Children of long‑lived individuals are less likely to develop cardiovascular diseases and hypertension, and they also have a longer life...