Eating highly processed foods linked to weight gain; engineered phages treat drug-resistant infection; understanding rheumatoid arthritis

May 21, 2019 Edition

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Eating highly processed foods linked to weight gain

When people ate a diet full of highly processed foods, they consumed more calories and gained more weight than when they ate a minimally processed diet.


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Engineered phages treat drug-resistant infection

Engineered phages were used to treat a teenagers life-threatening antibiotic-resistant infection. The approach could be used to combat otherwise untreatable infections.


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Understanding rheumatoid arthritis at the cellular level

Researchers identified ways that immune cells and joint cells interact to produce the inflammation and tissue damage seen in rheumatoid arthritis.


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