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Changes to Gut Microbiome Influence Brain Health and Cognition

Changes to Gut Microbiome Influence Brain Health and Cognition

Certain gut microbes are found to reduce cognitive function. High amounts of Bilophila in mice impaired function of the hippocampus — the brain region most associated with learning and memory.

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Study Finds Metabolic Function Stays Stable Until Age 50

Study Finds Metabolic Function Stays Stable Until Age 50

Many people think metabolism declines in early middle-age, but research finds metabolic function to stay stable until our 50s. After age 60, metabolism slows by 0.7% per year.

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Dissolvable Microneedle Patch Regrows Lost Hair in Mouse Model

Dissolvable Microneedle Patch Regrows Lost Hair in Mouse Model

This minimally invasive method delivers cerium-containing nanoparticles near hair roots deep under the skin and stimulates the formation of new blood vessels around the mice’s hair follicles to promote hair regrowth.

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Exercise Improves Health Through Epigenetic Changes to DNA

Exercise Improves Health Through Epigenetic Changes to DNA

Six weeks of exercise changed epigenetic information of skeletal muscle cells in young men (i.e. changing how DNA is "read", which alters whether genes are turned on or off and changes their function.)

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