May 11, 2020
The Best South Africa Etiquette
Mealtimes and Typical Foods The typical diet is a combination of local ethnic group cuisine, Western foods, and Asian foods:…
Category: Lifestyle
April 12, 2020
Single mutation leads to big effects in autism-related gene
A new study in Neuron offers clues to why autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is more common in boys than in…
April 11, 2020
Tailoring an anti-cancer drug for optimal tumor cell killing
In a study published this week in Science, Université de Montreal researchers report key structural and biochemical differences among a…
April 10, 2020
Study overturns ‘snapshot’ model of cell cycle in use since 1974
Cells have a big decision: Should they replicate or sleep? Healthy cells can go either way. Cancer cells’ replication switches…
April 9, 2020
Starving pancreatic cancer of cysteine may kill tumor cells
A new study from Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center suggests a compound in…
April 8, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows promise in first peer-reviewed research
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists today announced a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing the COVID-19…
April 7, 2020
Trial drug can significantly block early stages of COVID-19 in engineered human tissues
An international team led by University of British Columbia researcher Dr. Josef Penninger has found a trial drug that effectively…
April 6, 2020
One size does not fit all: Not all men idolize Western ideals of muscularity
It turns out that there may be some limits to the influence of Western culture on the rest of the…