The world’s first elucidation of the immunomodulatory effects of kimchi by the World Institute of Kimchi

25-Nov-2025 - Amid concerns about the simultaneous spread of multiple respiratory diseases, such as colds and influenza, with the change of seasons in current times, a recent clinical study has scientifically proven that kimchi, a traditional Korean fermented food, enhances the function of human immune cells ...

Does COVID-19 accelerate the aging process of the brain?

Severe COVID-19 linked with molecular signatures of brain aging

13-Dec-2022 - Although COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory disease, neurological symptoms have been described in many COVID-19 patients, including in recovered individuals. Patients report symptoms including brain fog or lack of focused thinking, memory loss and depression, and scientists have demonstrated ...

Evolution in real-time: How bacteria adapt to their hosts

Some bacteria become increasingly infectious when they have to move from cell to cell in order to survive

20-Aug-2020 - Bacteria that invade animal cells in order to multiply are widespread in nature. Some of these are pathogens of humans and animals. In the environment, they are often found inside unicellular organisms. A research team led by Matthias Horn at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems ...

Machine-learning driven findings uncover new cellular players in tumor microenvironment

Involvement of adipocytes in nivolumab response in ipilimumab resistant melanoma patients

18-Oct-2018 - New findings presented by CytoReason reveals possible new cellular players in the tumor microenvironment that could impact the treatment process for the most in-need patients - those who have already failed to respond to ipilimumab (anti-CTLA4) immunotherapy. Once validated, the findings could ...

Scientists decode 'software' instructions of aggressive leukemia cells

Researchers locate molecules that drive the development of 3 forms of deadly white blood cell cancers, pointing researchers to new potential therapeutic targets

02-Nov-2012 - A team of national and international researchers, led by Weill Cornell Medical College scientists, have decoded the key "software" instructions that drive three of the most virulent forms of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). They discovered ALL's "software" is encoded with epigenetic marks, ...