Jerry Carter

Sweet sensations can be induced by both sucrose and artificial sweeteners, but animals and humans prefer the former. Even mice without taste receptors are able to distinguish between sucrose and...

Scientific and popular literature has been informing us for nearly a century that "people are what they eat," implying that the food we eat has a direct impact on our health. To be more exact, the...

Many serious diseases are caused by viruses, such as the new coronavirus that caused a global epidemic, the terrifying Ebola virus, and even the seasonal flu virus that causes colds and flu. All of...

According to the recent GLOBOCAN, colorectal cancer (CRC) is estimated to have the third highest incidence and the second highest mortality rate of all cancers in 2020, based on data from the...

On March 19, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) announced that its dual immunotherapy combination Opdualag had received accelerated marketing approval from the FDA. Opdualag therapy is a fixed-dose...

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is the barrier between plasma and brain cells formed by the walls of brain capillaries and glial cells, and between plasma and cerebrospinal fluid formed by the choroid...

For a long time, malaria is one of the most serious diseases threatening human health. According to the WHO, there were 229 million clinical cases of malaria worldwide in 2019, and more than 400,000...

The prolonged existence of COVID-19 has created a huge demand for effective therapeutic drugs.Remdesivir was given FDA approval as an anti-coronavirus medicine, but despite speeding up recovery time...

With the U.S. FDA granting emergency use authorization for updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccines on August 22, 2024, the race is on to deliver enhanced protection against the evolving SARS-CoV-2 variants. In...

Alcohol is the most regularly used addictive substance in the world. Only 5% of adults worldwide, according to inadequate statistics, do not consume alcohol at any point in their lives, and in...

Obesity is a heterogeneous chronic disease that has become an extremely prevalent public health problem and one of the greatest threats to human health and well-being in the 21st century...

Throughout history, love has been a constant theme for mankind. Biologically in nature, human consciousness stems from a series of electrochemical activities in the brain, and love is no exception...

Since 2005, the World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO) has designated May 29 as World Gut Health Day to remind people to pay attention to the warnings from the intestines and to take care of their...

There is mounting evidence that the enzyme MAPK4 is involved in cancer growth and resistance to specific therapies. Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions discovered that...

Tumor cells can avoid immune detection and assault via mechanisms such as the production of immunological checkpoint ligands. In addition to PD-1/PD-L1, tumor cells produce CD47, which prevents...