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- Nutrient found in beef and dairy improves immune response to cancer in mice https://biologicalsciences.uchicago.edu/news/tva-nutrient-cancer-immunity 206 comments
- Surprisingly simple model by physicists and neuroscientists explains how brain cells organize and connect based on general principles of networking and self-organization, rather than biological features of an organism, that could apply to non-biological networks like social interactions as well. https://biologicalsciences.uchicago.edu/news/simple-model-brain-cells-connect 33 comments science
- Nutrient found in beef and dairy improves immune response to cancer. Trans-vaccenic acid (TVA), a long-chain fatty acid found in meat and dairy products from grazing animals such as cows and sheep, improves the ability of CD8+ T cells to infiltrate tumors and kill cancer cells. https://biologicalsciences.uchicago.edu/news/tva-nutrient-cancer-immunity 216 comments science
- Changes in cholesterol production lead to tragic octopus death spiral https://biologicalsciences.uchicago.edu/news/octopus-cholesterol-death-spiral 5 comments science