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Diet affects the brain's insulin sensitivity, promoting obesity

Even a brief consumption of highly processed, unhealthy foods causes a significant alteration in the brains of healthy individuals, which may be the initial cause of obesity.

Life Scientist 20 March, 2025

Human milk harnessed to administer medicine to infants

The Monash Milk Team are trailblazers in understanding how milk and milk-like systems can be harnessed to enhance oral drug delivery.

Life Scientist 19 March, 2025

Better semen quality linked to men living longer

Men with the best semen quality can expect to live two to three years longer, on average, than men with the lowest semen quality.

Life Scientist 18 March, 2025

Tumour-invading protein delivers therapy straight to the brain

A protein called HER3, which is present on the blood–brain barrier, helps the tumour-invading protein cross from the bloodstream to the brain.

Life Scientist 14 March, 2025

Keto diet leads to health benefits in bipolar patients

A ketogenic diet may improve brain metabolism in individuals with a bipolar disorder diagnosis, according to a new study.

Life Scientist 13 March, 2025

Biotechnology
Success for Australia's first Total Artificial Heart implant

Success for Australia's first Total Artificial Heart implant

The recipient of the implant was discharged from hospital in February and received a donor transplant in March — 105 days after the procedure...

Article 12 March, 2025
Health & Medical
Better semen quality linked to men living longer

Better semen quality linked to men living longer

Men with the best semen quality can expect to live two to three years longer, on average, than men with the lowest semen quality.

Article 18 March, 2025
Life Sciences
Gut microbes appear to regulate anxiety

Gut microbes appear to regulate anxiety

In a germ-free environment, mice which were not exposed to live microbes showed significantly more anxiety-related behaviour than those with...

Article 13 February, 2025
Molecular Biology
'Woolly mouse' created on the quest to bring back the mammoth

'Woolly mouse' created on the quest to bring back the mammoth

By modifying seven genes simultaneously, Colossal created mice with a coat colour, texture and thickness reminiscent of the woolly mammoth's...

Article 05 March, 2025
Lab Technology
Biotherapeutics: what do we make next?

Biotherapeutics: what do we make next?

Two recent AI methods, RFdiffusion and ProteinMPNN, have totally changed the nature of biotherapeutics discovery.

Article 27 February, 2025
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