Medical research
Using metabolomics to evaluate effects of diets
A new study by Ohio University faculty members found that metabolomics may be an extremely valuable tool in evaluating effects of diets.
Apr 4, 2019
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News tagged with metabolomics
Overweight & Obesity
There are many types of obesity – which one matters to your health?
Our society seems to have accepted that gaining weight is an inevitable consequence of growing up in a place with easy access to calories and where physical activity plays a declining role in our professional and private ...
Oct 12, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Revealing kidney cancer's secret: Tumors gain survival advantage by reprogramming their metabolism
An international team of scientists, led by UC Davis nephrologist Robert Weiss, have used a sophisticated combination of proteomics and metabolomics to show how renal cell carcinoma (RCC) reprograms its metabolism and evades ...
May 14, 2015
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Medical research
Metabolomics: Wine and cheese, curing disease ... no doping please
Rapid developments in tools to study complex interactions are transforming biology and biomedical research.
Nov 6, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Biochemical mapping helps explain who will respond to antidepressants
Duke Medicine researchers have identified biochemical changes in people taking antidepressants – but only in those whose depression improves. These changes occur in a neurotransmitter pathway that is connected to the pineal ...
Jul 18, 2013
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
New approach could lead to blood test to diagnose Alzheimer's in earliest stage
Blood offers promise as a way to detect Alzheimer's disease at its earliest onset, Mayo Clinic researchers say. They envision a test that would detect distinct metabolic signatures in blood plasma that are synonymous with ...
May 29, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
New factor to control oncogene-induced senescence
An article published on the journal Nature describes the major role that Pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) —an enzyme of cellular energy metabolism— plays in the regulation of the cellular senescence induced by the oncogene ...
May 21, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Metabolomics key to identifying disease pathway: Research reveals lactic acid's role in lung disease
(Medical Xpress)—Expertise at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory contributed to the understanding of the role of cellular metabolism in the pathogenesis of a currently untreatable lung disease. This research, reported ...
Jan 14, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identify novel metabolic programs driving aggressive brain tumors
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have identified metabolic signatures that may pave the way for personalized therapy in glioma, a type of tumor that starts in the brain.
Nov 9, 2012
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Mitochondrial dysfunction present early in Alzheimer's, before memory loss
Mitochondria -- subunits inside cells that produce energy -- have long been thought to play a role in Alzheimer's disease. Now Mayo Clinic researchers using genetic mouse models have discovered that mitochondria in the brain ...
Feb 29, 2012
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