Nearly all Michiganders age 50 and over say it’s very important to keep their brains healthy as they grow older, a new poll finds. But less than half (47%) of middle-aged and older Michiganders know that everyday actions can be very important for reducing their future risk of dementia.

New paper argues current exercise and protein guidelines aim too low for healthy ageing.

Peptides are important biological compounds that carry key information for many biological processes. However, accurately reading their sequences has long been a challenge. In a new study, researchers developed a mass-spectrometry-based approach that attaches a coumarin-derived tag to the N-terminus of each peptide, enabling accurate and reliable sequencing of even short peptides, directly from spectral data without relying on protein sequence databases. This helps in identifying novel peptides.

A new article published in Globalization and Health warns that the rapid rise of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs in high-income countries could have unintended consequences for food environments in low- and middle-income countries.