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Your body is beautiful and complex. So is mine. Sometimes our bodies donʼt work so well. Sometimes we donʼt know what to do about it. Imagine if your body and my body are malfunctioning in the same way. Now, what if we found a thousand other people in the same boat... Could we help each other feel better? Could sharing our health data with each other help us figure out which treatments to try? If we got enough people together, could we even do our own medical research studies?

'Google Map' of human metabolism could pave way for new medical treatments

While it's generally accepted that memories are stored somewhere, somehow in our brains, the exact process has never been entirely understood. Strengthened synaptic connections between neurons definitely have something to do with it, although the synaptic membranes involved are constantly degrading and being replaced - this seems to be somewhat at odds with the fact that some memories can last for a person's lifetime. Now, a team of scientists believe that they may have figured out what's going on. Their findings could have huge implications for the treatment of diseases such as Alzheimer's.

" Researchers found that eliminating a single enzyme from mice with aggressive symptoms of Alzheimer's drastically reduced the production of a protein closely linked to the disorder's progression."

Here's a good reason to pay attention in math class. Nature Communications has published a paper from Ottawa researchers today, outlining how advanced mathematical modelling can be used in the fight against cancer. The technique predicts how different treatments and genetic modifications might allow cancer-killing, oncolytic viruses to overcome the natural defences that cancer cells use to stave off viral infection.

Uses 3d imaging and text to speech automation for visualising treatments for health conditions

Human intestinal flora has three typesIn humans, three different 'intestinal-type "and for each type has its own characteristics. An international research team that wrote this week in Nature magazine. This knowledge is useful in medical research and determine the best medical treatment method for each type.

Fascinating idea. Use meta genomics the bacterial flora of the gut were included in an investigation on humans. They found that energy efficient bacteria were more common in those with a high BMI. So while evidence may show that humans don't become more efficient with energy the bacteria they host could do and thus encourage weight gain.