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Nutrigenomics Researchers Replicate Gene Interaction With Saturated Fat
Men and women carrying the CC genotype demonstrated higher body mass index (BMI) scores and a higher incidence of obesity, but only if they consumed a diet high in saturated fat. These associations we...
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Read moreResearch Reveals Lipid’s Unexpected Role in Triggering Death of Brain Cells
The work provides the first evidence that a lipid can initiate the suicidal, or apoptotic, response in cells. The findings involve a lipid called GM1-ganglioside. Lipids are fat-like molecules. GM1 bu...
Life Sciences | Read moreLearning more about physiological endoplasmic reticulum stress using the ERAI system
Takao IwawakiInitiative Research ScientistIwawaki Initiative Research UnitRIKEN Advanced Science InstituteThe endoplasmic reticulum is a cell organelle that acts as a processing fa...
Life Sciences | Read moreResearch reveals lipids' unexpected role in triggering death of brain cells
The lipid that accumulates in brain cells of individuals with an inherited enzyme disorder also drives the cell death that is a hallmark of the disease, according to new research led by St. Jude Child...
Life Sciences | Read moreNew paper describes connections between Circadian and metabolic systems
The relationship between circadian and metabolic systems the researchers describe could have important implications for understanding the higher incidence of cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabet...
Life Sciences | Read moreToo much selenium can increase your cholesterol
Selenium is a trace essential mineral with anti-oxidant properties. The body naturally absorbs selenium from foods such as vegetables, meat and seafood. However, when the balance is altered and the bo...
Health and Medicine | Read moreA motley collection of boneworms
They were first discovered in 2002 by researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), who were using a robot submarine to explore Monterey Canyon. But that wasn't the end of ...
Life Sciences | Read moreNewly Discovered Fat Molecule: An Undersea Killer with an Upside
The team discovered a previously unknown lipid, or fatty compound, in a virus that has been attacking and killing Emiliania huxleyi, a phytoplankton that plays a major role in the global carbon cycle....
Life Sciences | Read moreUIC researchers have immune cells running in circles
Their results are described online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Neutrophils are white blood cells that are activated by chemical cues to move quickly to the site of i...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreExposure to alkaline substances can result in damaged teeth
The study was carried out at the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy and published in the Journal of Dentistry."The study shows that exposure ...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreCholesterol-lowering medicines may be effective against cancer
Statins lower cholesterol by blocking certain enzymes involved in our metabolism. However, they have also been shown to affect other important lipids in the body, such as the lipids that help proteins...
Life Sciences | Read moreSynthetic Cells Shed Biological Insights While Delivering Battery Power
A new paper* from researchers at Yale University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) describes a highly simplified model cell that not only sheds light on the way certain rea...
Life Sciences | Read moreLiver cells grown from patients' skin cells
Scientists at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee have successfully produced liver cells from patients' skin cells opening the possibility of treating a wide range of diseases that affe...
Life Sciences | Read moreCommon Herbicides and Fibrate Drugs Block Nutrient-sensing ‘Taste’ Receptor Found in Gut and Pancreas
Commonly used in agriculture and medicine, these chemical compounds were not previously known to act on the T1R3 receptor. The T1R3 receptor is a critical component of both the sweet taste rec...
Life Sciences | Read moreTurning Algae Into Energy
“People have been growing algae for centuries for food supplements for use by man and animals,” said Cecelia Williams, project lead. “It now has the potential to supply our energy needs too.”B...
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