Can Diet Beat Depression?

Research into diet and depression should follow the model of studies into diet and cardiovascular risk. According to an opinion piece in BioMed Central’s open access journal BMC Medicine this week.

Improved Understanding Of ‘Natural Antifreeze’ Molecules

Scientists have made an important step forward in their understanding of cryoprotectants – compounds that act as natural ‘antifreeze’ to protect drugs, food and tissues stored at sub-zero temperatures. Researchers from the Universities of Leeds and Illinois, and Columbia University in New York, studied a particular type of cryoprotectants known as osmolytes…