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Leni Klum, the daughter of supermodel Heidi Klum, always wanted to follow in her famous mom’s footsteps, but she wasn’t allowed to enter the fashion world until she turned 16. Heidi had straight up “shut down” the idea, Leni explained to Extra on Thursday. Explaining that she once got stopped (presumably by a talent agent) in a store, the girl […]
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First-time parents! Emily Ratajkowski and Sebastian Bear-McClard welcomed their baby on Monday, March 8. Celebrity Pregnancy Announcements of 2020: See Which Stars Are Expecting “Sylvester Apollo Bear has joined us earth side,” the model, 29, captioned her baby boy’s Thursday, March 11, Instagram debut. “Sly arrived 3/8/21 on the most surreal, beautiful and love-filled morning of my life.” Ratajkowski debuted […]
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Baby bump alert! Emily Ratajkowski revealed on Monday, October 26, that she is pregnant with her and husband Sebastian Bear-McClard’s first child. Celebrity Pregnancy Announcements of 2020: See Which Stars Are Expecting “Grateful and growing,” the model, 29, captioned her Instagram announcement. “Thank you @voguemagazine for this very special cover.” https://www.instagram.com/p/CG0VrbyjznL/ Grateful & growing ? Thank you @voguemagazine for this […]
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Gisele Bündchen's career has taken her around the world several times over. Such is the life of one of the most recognizable supermodels in the world. But as we learned when we chatted with her recently, you're most likely to spot Bündchen in Florida these days, or — if you mark your calendars for a special event kicking off this […]
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Huntington’s disease (HD) is an incurable and fatal hereditary disease. Developing disease-modifying drugs to treat patients with HD depends on studying them in animal models. Scientists evaluated the mouse models used for developing new treatments for mood disorders in HD and recommended which of these models are most relevant to their studies. Their findings are published in the Journal of […]
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Down syndrome is the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability, and currently there is no effective treatment. Memory deficits are a hallmark of this condition and a study published today in the journal Science reports that the defects in a conserved stress pathway dubbed the ‘integrated stress response,’ or ISR, could explain the cognitive deficits in a mouse model […]
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Moms: Whether you’re proud of your newly transformed “mom bod” or are trying to “get your body back,” you should not be judged for your choices. The widespread body-shaming of moms — in our culture, on our streets, and most of all on the internet — has got to stop. Now. Apparently, when we become pregnant in this society, our […]
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Since its discovery in 1999, Nipah virus has been reported almost yearly in Southeast Asia, with Bangladesh and India being the hardest hit. In a new study, published today in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, scientists used machine learning to identify bat species with the potential to host Nipah virus, with a focus on India—the site of a 2018 outbreak. Four […]
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A reconfigurable “body-on-a-chip” model could transform drug development by simultaneously measuring compound efficacy and toxicity, for both target cells and other organs, such as the heart and liver. These findings, published in Science Translational Medicine, demonstrate the ability of a body-on-a-chip model to truly revolutionize biomedical research and personalized medicine through more accurate and efficient preclinical testing without the use […]
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Dysfunctional neurons in the hippocampus of adult female mice modeling dementia can be repaired and reconnected to distant parts of the brain, reports a new study published in JNeurosci. The similarity between the mouse model and the human condition underscores the therapeutic potential of targeting these cells in dementia patients. The hippocampus generates new brain cells throughout life and is […]
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