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A NOVEL IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR PREVENTING POST-STROKE DEMENTIA
Recent work by the Buckwalter Lab at Stanford University indicates that eliminating B cells following stroke may protect patients from later developing vascular dementia.
BIOLOGY'S NEXT TOP MODEL: ORGANOIDS
Human beings make for great scientists, but crummy biological test subjects. Think about it for a minute—if you were a researcher, how would you study an organism that is genetically diverse and takes decades to mature? These are only a couple of the many challenges that biologists face when studying human health and disease.
GRAINS OF TRUTH: WHO ACTUALLY NEEDS TO GO GLUTEN FREE
Most of us can remember hearing about new diet fads like juicing, the raw foods diet, and the baby food diet. Yet another common diet trend is the gluten free diet. However, this trend is different: some people actually need a gluten free diet for their health. In this article, we explore the differences between Celiac disease, gluten sensitivity, and wheat allergy.
FOOD ALLERGIES: ITCHING FOR PREVENTION
The number of children with food allergies is rapidly rising. Simply treating allergic reactions is no longer the best solution for treating these allergies. Researchers are exploring options that may prevent allergies from developing in the first place.