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Different Dietary Components Alter Gut Microbiota. What Does That Mean for Immunity?
12. 9. 2025 Source: proLékárníky.czThe gut “microzoo” is highly diverse, influenced by many factors. Today, it’s well recognized that our diet shapes the composition of our microbiota, and this receives increasing attention. What’s often overlooked, however, is how diet affects the immunomodulatory activity of bacteria—at the strain level. Different strains of the same species, or even the same strain under different conditions, can impact the immune system differently depending on the environment they grow in. This was highlighted in a recently published study.
AI Could Transform Cancer Treatment by Precisely Identifying Tumor Cells
A new artificial intelligence tool called AAnet, developed and tested by researchers led by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, focuses on the cellular diversity within individual tumors.…
How Do Chronic and Acute Stress Affect the Gastrointestinal Tract?
The link between chronic stress and changes in the digestive tract is well supported by numerous studies and research. However, data on the impact of acute stress on the gastrointestinal (GI) system…3. 9. 2025 Source: proLékárníky.cz
Why Do We Forget About the Nocebo Effect, Even Though It Is Stronger Than the Placebo Effect?
Eliminating the placebo effect is a common part of clinical evaluation leading to drug registration, and it is often considered an explanation for why alternative treatments may seem to work for some…22. 8. 2025 Source: proLékárníky.cz
Why Do People Lose Weight Differently on GLP-1RA? The NBEA Gene Was Investigated
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) show promising anti-obesity effects, but their efficacy varies among individuals. A newly published study examined the role of the NBEA…
Natural Doesn’t Always Mean Better – How to Deal with the Appeal to Nature in the Doctor’s Office
"Herbs rather than chemicals." Doctors are hearing similar statements more and more often. This attitude reflects the so-called appeal to nature – a logical fallacy based on the assumption that…
Aptamers Achieve Success in the Treatment of (Not Only) Ophthalmological Diseases
Aptamers are single-stranded RNA or DNA oligonucleotides capable of forming specific 3D structures and binding very specifically to target molecules, such as proteins. Due to this ability, aptamers…28. 7. 2025 Source: proLékárníky.cz
What Are the New Possibilities for Using CAR-T Cell Therapies
There has been a major breakthrough in cancer treatment recently. A new type of gene therapy, known as CAR-T cell therapy, has been introduced into clinical practice. The first of these therapies…4. 7. 2025 Source: proLékárníky.cz
Good, Bad, or Ugly? What's the Deal with Eggs?
You've probably heard that we should throw away egg yolks and eat only the whites to avoid high cholesterol. But you've also likely heard that we should eat lots of eggs and cut out nearly all carbs…9. 4. 2025 Source: proLékárníky.cz
An Orange a Day to Keep Depression Away? The Secret Lies in the Microbiome
A recent study published in the journal Microbiome described a potentially protective role of citrus fruits in the incidence of depression. The connection involves a bacterium present in the gut…26. 3. 2025 Source: proLékárníky.cz
Where did COVID come from? Are infected animals or a lab leak to blame for the pandemic?
Preliminary re-analysis of genomic data collected at the Wuhan market suggests that the initial transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from an infected animal to a human, which started the COVID-19…6. 1. 2025 Source: proLékárníky.cz
One Step Closer to Understanding the Placebo Effect in Pain Treatment
Neuroscientists from the USA appear to have advanced our understanding of the placebo effect in pain relief. Their findings, recently published in Nature, open the possibility of influencing the…
Distribution and Localization of Specifically Modified Exosomes Can Improve the Treatment of Muscular Dystrophies
A research team from several Milanese universities, in a study published in Nature Nanotechnology, focused on developing a new method for muscular dystrophy therapy. Specifically modified exosomes…
Scientists Decipher the Perception of Bitter Taste. How Will This Help in the Development of New Drugs?
Taste receptors are a known phenomenon, but how exactly does taste perception occur? Scientists from the University of North Carolina focused on bitter taste, as it often accompanies medications.…
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