Anita Chakraverty

Advice on how much protein to eat should be tailored according to physical activity and lowering intake could be of benefit to many people, possibly even increasing their lifespans.

The microbes carried by an unborn child can be affected by their mother’s exposure to chemicals during pregnancy as well as her own metabolites, potentially influencing the baby's, growth, skin health, and neurodevelopment.

Air-borne pollution is linked with both rheumatoid arthritis (RA) activity and the risk of the disease flaring up, South-Korean research suggests.

Researchers have used artificial intelligence to create synthetic viruses that can infect bacteria, which could prove valuable in the battle against antibiotic resistance but also raise urgent biosecurity questions.

Bipartite antisense oligonucleotides could improve the effectiveness of exon-skipping therapeutics for genetic conditions such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

The DANDELION computational framework offers a powerful way to prioritize novel, therapeutically actionable genes and pathways underlying disease pathogenesis, with research revealing a new biological pathway driving asthma.

A genome-wide screening platform has highlighted cellular barriers that limit the effectiveness of nonviral genome editing, which could be targeted to enhance its potency.

Health trajectories for type 2 diabetes differ between men and women, which could help lead to more targeted clinical action and early intervention based on sex.

Low-carb diets radically alter the balance of microbes in the gut with changes depending on whether fats or proteins are used as substitutes, preclinical research suggests.

A machine learning algorithm can assess the risk of hip fracture from routinely collected health data better than current clinical screening without needing in-person assessment, offering the chance for simple, population-wide screening.