Scientists from Northwestern University in Chicago have managed to develop a drug that can be used to treat Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis, The Telegraph writes.
Eating 55 grams of cheese or yogurt daily reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, the British newspaper Daily Mail reports, citing the results of a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Australian scientists have reported the development of a new treatment for some severe lung diseases, such as emphysema, asbestosis and severe types of asthma.
In the USA, the establishment of a special prize of 10 million dollars – the Genomics X Prize – has been announced, which will be awarded to geneticists who have uncovered the secret of aging.
A simple microorganism that causes sexually transmitted infections has become the world's first biological organism whose functioning has been simulated on a computer down to the smallest detail.
Did you know that to fill another container with aromatic liquid, you need to put in the hard work of extracting vegetable oils from crops that, as luck would have it, grow at the edge of the Earth?
