This year, the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will be awarded on Oct. 3. Canada will be in the spotlight again, thanks to Canadian scientists’ involvement with mRNA vaccine development.
To determine the role that bacteria play in lipid production, we exposed keratinocytes, the cells that make up the epidermis, to different bacteria naturally present on the skin and analyzed changes in lipid composition.
The risk of developing at least one of the major allergies more than doubled by age five for kids who had been prescribed antibiotics before their first birthday.
While the Canadian Cardiovascular Society’s lipid guidelines recommend a once in a lifetime testing of Lp(a), there are no approved agents for lowering Lp(a) levels.
