Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is the most common hereditary peripheral neuropathy, affecting 1 in 2,500 people. The only treatment currently available is rehabilitation or corrective surgery. The ...

Why is food fortified with folic acid? Getting the right amount of folic acid intake is important for women who are planning to become – or are – pregnant. Folic acid helps to support the development ...

In mice, limited intakes of one specific essential amino acid can slow the effects of aging and even extend their lifespan, ...

Alpha-lipoic acid, a dietary supplement widely available to consumers, prevented stone formation in a mouse model of cystinuria, a rare inherited disease that causes recurrent formation of painful and ...

This release is available in Chinese. Researchers at Iowa State University have found that increased expression of a form of cytochrome P-450 (CYP4B1) is a key marker of inhibition of colitis in mice ...

Back in 1958, a young biologist at Cornell University made a stunning discovery. He took a single cell from a carrot and then mixed it with some coconut milk. Days went by and the cell started ...

Specific neurons that secrete the neuropeptide oxytocin in the brain are disproportionately disrupted in a mouse model of ...

Researchers have found that increased expression of a form of cytochrome P-450 is a key marker of inhibition of colitis in mice by caffeic acid, an anti-inflammatory antioxidant compound widely ...