Credit: UC San Diego and IFOM-inSTEM. An international team of researchers has identified a new molecule involved in skin fibrosis, a life-threatening disease characterized by the inflammation and hardening of skin tissue.
Although kopi luwak is a form of processing rather than a variety of coffee, it has been called one of the most expensive coffees in the world, with retail prices reaching â¬550 / US$700 per kilogram. Kopi luwak is produced mainly on the islands of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Sulawesi in the Indonesian Archipelago.
The form Yupâik is now used as a common term (though not replacing Cupâik and Cupâig). Yup'ik (plural Yupiit) comes from the Yup'ik word yuk meaning person plus the postbase -pik or -piaq meaning real or genuine; thus, Yup'ik literally means real people.