The Milky500: five hundred worthy proteins
By: Daniela Barile, Ph.D., Matthew Lange
Issue #2 | Date: 05 2012
The Indy 500 is perhaps the most famous car race in the United States. Unlike every other sporting competition in the world, the legendary 500 mile car race is celebrated with the victor drinking not Champagne, but rather
Do offspring inherit more than genes?
By: Ross Tellam, Ph.D.
Issue #2 | Date: 05 2012
What if the saying “you are what you eat” became “you are what you and your parents ate”? The written slate of life’s experiences may not be completely wiped clean between generations. How would this knowledge influence our behavior as
Building baby’s brain: milk does the heavy lifting
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Issue #1 | Date: 04 2012
Milk makes a baby grow, including the baby’s brain. Scientists have recently discovered two proteins in human milk that help a baby’s brain grow and develop.
The “ripened cheese” treatment for obesity and diabetes
By: Daniela Barile, Ph.D.
Issue #1 | Date: 04 2012
Brie cheese lovers everywhere have reason to rejoice. Researchers from the University Catholique de Louvain in Belgium have found that eating ripened cheese decreases blood sugar levels and fat tissue in obese/diabetic mice.