50-year-old muscles just can’t grow big like they used to – the biology of how muscles change with age

As people age, the chemical signaling pathways in muscles become less potent, and it gets harder to build muscle and maintain strength. But the health benefits of strength training only increase with age.

Roger Fielding, Associate Director of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Professor of Medicine, Tufts University • conversation
Feb. 2, 2022 ~8 min

Why do we bleed? A hematologist explains how the body prevents blood loss after injury

Blood plays a vital role in keeping us alive, from delivering oxygen to the body’s organs to fighting off infections.

Mikkael A. Sekeres, Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Hematology, Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami • conversation
Jan. 31, 2022 ~6 min


New insights from biology can help overcome siloed thinking in cancer clinical trials and treatment

Fat cells and cancer cells talk to each other. Specialists in both systems can do the same.

Gerald Denis, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Boston University • conversation
Jan. 28, 2022 ~7 min

Is the omicron variant Mother Nature’s way of vaccinating the masses and curbing the pandemic?

Some of the omicron variant’s unique properties – such as its ability to spread rapidly while causing milder COVID-19 infections – could usher in a new phase of the pandemic.

Mitzi Nagarkatti, Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina • conversation
Jan. 27, 2022 ~9 min

Tweak makes mass production of solar cells more sustainable

A new method could be a big boost for solar energy. "This could really accelerate the production and deployment of perovskite solar panels and cells."

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Jan. 25, 2022 ~6 min

How mRNA and DNA vaccines could soon treat cancers, HIV, autoimmune disorders and genetic diseases

DNA and mRNA vaccines produce a different kind of immune response than traditional vaccines, allowing researchers to tackle some previously unsolvable problems in medicine.

Deborah Fuller, Professor of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington • conversation
Jan. 24, 2022 ~9 min

Study: T-cells From Common Cold Might Help Fight COVID-19

VOA Learning English • voa
Jan. 15, 2022 ~3 min

In Down syndrome cells, genome-wide disruptions mimic a senescence-like state

Extra chromosome alters chromosomal conformation and DNA accessibility in neural progenitor cells, disrupting gene transcription and cell functions much like in cellular aging.

David Orenstein | Picower Institute • mit
Jan. 10, 2022 ~7 min


New materials could lead to ultrathin, lightweight solar panels

"Imagine an autonomous drone that powers itself with a solar array atop its wing that is 15 times thinner than a piece of paper. That's the promise..."

Andrew Myers-Stanford • futurity
Jan. 3, 2022 ~7 min

How asthma may cut brain tumor risk

People with asthma seem to be less likely to develop brain tumors than others. Now, researchers working with mice believe they have discovered why.

Tamara Bhandari-Washington University • futurity
Dec. 27, 2021 ~7 min

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