Fat, Sugar, Salt … You’ve Been Thinking About Food All Wrong
In the late 2000s, Carlos Monteiro noticed something strange about the food that Brazilian people were eating. The nutritionist had been poring over three…
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The Bird Flu Outbreak Has Taken an Ominous Turn
This week, Argentina and Uruguay declared national health emergencies following outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, the fast-moving virus…
A Little-Known Inflammatory Disease Is Hiding in Plain Sight
Vexas would have been discovered a long time ago if it were a garden variety genetic disease, caused by an inherited genetic mutation. For instance, the…
Schizophrenia Drugs Are Finally Getting an Overhaul
On December 11, 1951, in the labs of French pharmaceutical company Rhône-Poulenc, chemist Paul Charpentier concocted a drug that would change the field of…
This Fake Skin Fools Mosquitoes—to Fight the Diseases They Spread
The world’s deadliest animal is a picky eater. Because they transmit viral diseases like Zika and chikungunya, and the parasites that cause malaria,…
Scientists Grew Mini Human Guts Inside Mice
Your gut has an obvious job: It processes the food you eat. But it has another important function: It protects you from the bacteria, viruses, or allergens…
The Case of the Incredibly Long-Lived Mouse Cells
“It’s probably one of the most extraordinary papers in immunology that I’ve seen, easily in the past decade,” says John Wherry, director of the Institute of…
Crispr Wants to Feed the World
Ten years after its discovery, the implications of Crispr genome editing are profound and far-reaching, and we are only getting started. This tool, adapted…
Microbial Cocktails Are More Than a Gut Feeling
In 2023, our understanding of the microbes that live inside the human gut will lead to new ideas for medicine. Today, we know that gut microbes help develop…
In the Next Pandemic, Let’s Pay People to Get Vaccinated
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that people like money. If you show them the cash, they’re generally more likely to do what you want, whether that be…