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Here’s the article they’re reporting on: www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/…/fulltext

Haemoglobin is a key component of red blood cells, and transports oxygen across the body. However, a team led by Dr Feng Zhang and Dr Quiang Sun has discovered haemoglobin bodies (‘hedies’) in cartilage chondrocytes. They also saw that hedies are essential for chondrocyte survival, and that they store and release oxygen as...

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It’s worth noting that the correlation held for total red meat consumption along with considering just processed red meats and unprocessed red meat separately...

“The authors proposed three universal concepts of selection: the basic ability to endure; the enduring nature of active processes that may enable evolution; and the emergence of novel characteristics as an adaptation to an environment.”

Startups are harnessing the fast-growing “roots" of mushrooms for sustainable alternatives to leather, packaging, building materials, and meat. Mycelium’s versatility makes it a prime candidate to displace many harmful mainstream materials — especially for a more conscious future. However, scaling production and costs...

A team of scientists is proposing a new explanation for some cases of long Covid, based on their findings that serotonin levels were lower in people with long Covid. They said that the biological pathway that their research outlines could unite many of the major theories of what causes long Covid: lingering remnants of the...

Rich, high-fat foods such as ice cream are loved not only for their taste, but also for the physical sensations they produce in the mouth — their ‘mouthfeel’. Now scientists have identified a brain area that both responds to the smooth texture of fatty foods and uses that information to rate the morsel’s allure, guiding...