Artificial sweeteners, from mice to humans For more than a decade, Elinav has been interested in discovering the links between nutrition, gut microbes and the risk of developing common diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, with the hope of designing personalized medicine based on microbiomes. In 2014, Elinav and her colleagues found that saccharin, sucralose, … Read more
In recent years, people around the world have been spending more time than ever on video chat programs like Zoom and FaceTime. These apps mimic in-person encounters by allowing users to see the people they are communicating with. But unlike in-person communications, these programs also often show users a video of themselves. Instead of occasionally … Read more
This was a smart way to study a large number of microdosers in today’s regulatory environment, says Garcia-Romeu, who helped evaluate the research for the journal. eLife. The fact that so many people who took a placebo reported benefit “casts the whole microdosing phenomenon into question,” he says. However, imaging studies do make it clear … Read more