We make hundreds of daily microdecisions about food that can change our genetic and physiologic “fate.” Like any doctor, I ...

Neurons in the brains of mice tell them to stop eating when they’ve had enough food – and since people probably have the same ...

Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to stop eating. Though many feeding circuits in the brain are known to play a role in monitoring food ...

The digestive system is the series of tubelike organs that convert our meals into body fuel. There are about 30 feet (9 meters) of these convoluted pipeworks, starting with the mouth and ending ...

In eukaryotic cells, the membrane that surrounds the nucleus ... In addition, mitochondria use a process called oxidative metabolism to convert food into energy, and oxidative metabolism ...

It is about the pioneers behind the birth of the “cell-based meat” industry: a food science that grows ... but its journey into the world and revolutionary promise — as featured in Meat ...

Food allergy, or the aggressive immune system reaction following the consumption of a certain food or food ingredient, typically involves immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies and can be potentially life- ...

Liposuction and plastic surgery aren't often mentioned in the same breath as cancer. But they are the inspiration for a new approach to treating cancer that uses engineered fat cells to deprive tumors ...

A study has introduced a novel bioprocess that transforms CO2 and electricity into single-cell protein (SCP), a sustainable food source rich in essential amino acids. A groundbreaking study in Environ ...

Study reveals how immune cells in the gut distinguish between food and harmful pathogens, shedding light on the origins of ...

A new way to grow T cells in the lab enables them to live longer and better destroy cancer cells in a mouse model of melanoma ...