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“Many probiotic supplements contain insufficient numbers of bacteria to elicit a beneficial response and many are not stored properly to maintain the viability of the bacteria they supposedly contain. In this clip, Drs.”

“Dr. Church and colleagues demonstrated in a second 2022 publication that CRISPR germline editing could be used to eliminate African Swine Fever virus in pigs. In this clip, Dr. George Church discusses these findings and what they could mean for the future of public health.”

“Geneticists like Dr. George Church, believe gene drives could be used to eliminate pathogens carried by insects, such as malaria, which is carried by a small number of mosquito species, or Lyme disease, which is carried by deer ticks.”

“Resistance training is one of the most effective ways to maintain bone health. Still, other lifestyle factors, like not smoking, limiting alcohol, and ensuring that you provide your body with the nutritional components it needs for bone-building, are important too.”

“Three of the most common human diseases are cardiovascular disease, cancer, and Alzheimer's disease. The most significant drivers of cardiac disease are smoking, hypertension and elevated APOB, a biomarker of LDL particle number.”

“Xenotransplantation, the practice of transplanting an organ from a non-human animal, such as a pig or chimpanzee, to a human, has its origins in the 1960s. Among six patients receiving kidney xenotransplants from chimpanzees in 1963, one survived for nine months in moderate health.”

“Lifters then perform an exercise such as a biceps curl with the cuff in place. An advantage of this type of training is that very light loads will fatigue a muscle more quickly than without the cuff, and because a lighter load is used, there may be less joint stress.”

“Mounting evidence suggests that exploiting this property may be useful towards reducing the toxicity of chemotherapeutics while also maximizing their impact in the treatment of cancer.”

“A separate trial of 153 adults found that smartphone-based mindfulness training combining attention monitoring with acceptance reduced daily loneliness and increased social interactions compared with monitoring alone or an active control.”