Researchers Jack Griffith and Taghreed Al-Turki from the UNC School of Medicine have discovered that telomeres, located at the ends of chromosomes, possess enough genetic information to produce two small proteins with potentially potent biological properties. Telomeres, previously believed to be
In the first century B.C.E., Herod the Great, who ruled Judea as client king on behalf of Rome, built a fortified palace atop the mountain of Masada overlooking the Dead Sea. Seventy years after Herod's death, the First Jewish Revolt against Rome broke out and Jewish rebels occupied Masada.
Lecture: Barbara Fredrickson, Ph.D. Barbara Fredrickson, Ph.D. Fredrickson is the Kenan Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and directs the Social Psychology Doctoral Program and the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology (PEP) Laboratory. She is most known for her "Broaden-and-Build Theory" of positive emotions, foundational within affective science and positive psychology for building a blueprint for how pleasant emotional states, as fleeting as they are, contribute to people's resilience, wellbeing, and health. She will present "The Goods in Everyday Love: Implications for Individuals and Communities."
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Not all probiotics are created equal. In a new study, researchers found that certain enzymes within a class known as bile salt hydrolases (BSHs) can restrict Clostridioides difficile (C. diff.) colonization by both altering existing bile acids and by creating a new class of bile acids within the gut's microbial environment.