On Day 2 of an apple-only diet, rapid weight loss is already happening - but is it healthy or dangerous? Cutting out all other foods and relying only on apples and apple juice, the body is reacting in ...

Using the end of UK sugar rationing in September 1953 as a natural experiment, they drew on data from 63,433 UK Biobank participants (average age 55 years) born between October 1951 and March 1956 ...

You’ve probably heard about the benefits of sticking to a sleep schedule. This could be why your bedtime has always been 10 p.m. It seems early enough, but not too early, and it gives you plenty of ...

Optimizing PCR assays for assay development (AD) workflows typically involves a range of interdependent factors. These include thermocycling conditions, enzyme levels, buffer chemistry, and ...

With standard PCR systems, users are required to set a predefined quantity of cycles according to assay and sample-specific factors. Single-cell sequencing tests demand knowledge of the number of ...

As summer draws to a close and the academic year picks up again, we wanted to take this opportunity to highlight five exciting lab methods published in 2025, covering cell culture, AI, spectroscopy, ...

Background: The gut microbiota plays a key role in regulating bone homeostasis. Our previous work demonstrated that the novel organic selenium compound β-trifluoroethoxy dimethyl selenide (4aa ...

Digital PCR, which simultaneously detects SMN1 gene defects and the number of SMN2 copies to diagnose spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in newborn screening programs, matches the accuracy of standard ...

Introduction: The preservation of microbial safety in cosmetic products is essential for consumer health and requires rapid and accurate detection strategies… Traditional detection methods, such as ...

Researchers have developed a light-induced DNA detection method that enables rapid, PCR-free genetic analysis. Their technique offers ultra-sensitive mutation detection in just five minutes, reducing ...