Medical research
A blood test for your body clock? It's on the horizon
What time is your body clock set on?
Jul 28, 2021
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News tagged with acid levels
Neuroscience
Saturated fatty acid levels increase when making memories
Saturated fatty acid levels unexpectedly rise in the brain during memory formation, according to University of Queensland research, opening a new avenue of investigation into how memories are made.
Jun 28, 2021
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Medical research
Scientists are deciphering the details of immune cell activation
Chemokine receptors, located at the surface of many immune cells, play an important role in cell function. Chemokines are small proteins that bind to these receptors and control the movement and behavior of white blood cells.
Jun 16, 2021
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Health
New study shows people with a high omega-3 index less likely to die prematurely
A new research paper examining the relationship between the Omega-3 Index and risk for death from any and all causes has been published in Nature Communications. It showed that those people with higher omega-3 EPA and DHA ...
Apr 23, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Quantitative detection of fatty liver disease by assessing fat distribution in the liver
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a pathological condition characterized by excessive fat stored in the liver that is not attributed to heavy alcohol consumption, which can lead to liver failure and even cancer. ...
Mar 24, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The liver processes coconut oil differently than rapeseed oil
Coconut oil has increasingly found its way into German kitchens in recent years, although its alleged health benefits are controversial. Scientists at the University of Bonn have now been able to show how it is metabolized ...
Jan 25, 2021
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Genetics
Research team identifies differences between benign and pathogenic gene variants
An international team of researchers led by Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute has performed for the first time a wide-scale characterization of missense variants from 1,330 disease-associated genes. Published in ...
Oct 27, 2020
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Diabetes
Insomnia identified as a new risk factor for type 2 diabetes in new study
A new 'global atlas' study published in Diabetologia is the first to identify insomnia as a risk factor associated with increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D). The study identifies 34 risk factors that are thought ...
Sep 8, 2020
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Neuroscience
Does eating fish protect brains from air pollution?
Older women who eat more than one to two servings a week of baked or broiled fish or shellfish may consume enough omega-3 fatty acids to counteract the effects of air pollution on the brain, according to a new study published ...
Jul 16, 2020
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Neuroscience
Appetite can be increased by cells in the brain
Tanycytes are glial cells, which communicate with neurons in the brain to inform it of what we have eaten. Researchers from the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick have found when tanycytes are selectively ...
Jun 8, 2020
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