A new study of lab-grown neurons by the Weizmann Institute of Research reveals a new regulatory mechanism for keeping the On-Off switches in our brain in balance Our brain has On and Off switches for all its activities, and maintaining a balance between the two is...
New collaborative research from the Weizmann Institute of Science has asked a different question about the bacteria in our microbiomes, and the answers, recently published in Nature, could help target disease more precisely. Our gut microbiome – the complement of...
Every day, millions of people take probiotics – preparations containing live bacteria that are meant to fortify their immune systems, prevent disease or repair the adverse effects of antibiotics. But do probiotics facilitate the recolonisation of gut bacteria? A new...
New research from the Weizmann Institute of Science and recently published in Nature Communications has delved into the process by which small sequences of RNA – microRNAs – regulate the long ones, predicting ways in which microRNAs would bind to the messenger...
Following a successful diet, many people are dismayed to find their weight rebounding – an all-too-common phenomenon termed 'recurrent' or 'yo-yo' obesity. Worse still, the vast majority of recurrently obese individuals not only rebound to their pre-dieting weight but...