Quitting smoking with the help of a Pac-Man enzyme
While there are aids available to help smokers quit their habits, unfortunately, most don’t have great success rates. However, researchers have discovered a bacterial enzyme that might prove to be more successful than smoking cessation aids that are currently on the market. Pseudomonas putida is a bacterium that was isolated from tobacco fields, and researchers […]
High Fat Prenatal Diet Affects Likelihood of Offspring Teen Drug Abuse
A new study, conducted in rats, has shown that a pregnant mother’s diet, in this case high fat, can increase the likelihood of teen substance abuse. Researchers at the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior have found that certain chemical signals called neuropeptides, which normally function in the hypothalamus region of the brain to […]