by yao | Mar 20, 2025 | Health, Nutrition
The culinary traditions of Indigenous Arctic communities have long embraced the practice of gastrophagy——the consumption of prey intestines and their contents—as an essential source of nutrition. Among Inuit of Greenland, the intestines of the rock ptarmigan are ...
by yao | Mar 20, 2025 | Health, Molecular Biology
Scientists have discovered that Prominin-1 (Prom1) plays a vital role in maintaining retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells—critical supporters of the retina—healthy, and its loss may be a key driver of vision decline in aging eyes. A research team at Vanderbilt...
by yao | Mar 12, 2025 | Health, Molecular Biology
Areca nut chewing is a widespread cultural tradition, particularly in Southeast Asia. However, mounting scientific evidence links areca nut use to an increased risk of head and neck cancer. A research team led by Professor Ann-Joy Cheng at Chang Gung University in...
by yao | Mar 12, 2025 | Health
Something remarkable in radioprotective treatments comes from an unlikely source—frog skin. Researchers led by Professor Shuyu Zhang from Sichuan University, Professor Jie Zhang from Fourth Military Medical University, Professor Jianping Cao from Soochow University...
