A process that releases iron in response to stress may contribute to heart failure, and blocking this process could be a way of protecting the heart, suggests a study in mice published today in eLife.
Feb 2, 2021
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It's a common dieter's lament: "Ugh, my metabolism is so slow, I'm never going to lose any weight."
Dec 29, 2020
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The brain has a high energy demand and reacts very sensitively to oxygen deficiency. LMU neurobiologists have now succeeded for the first time in directly correlating oxygen consumption with the activity of certain nerve ...
Jul 3, 2020
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On the morning of Oct. 7, I woke up with the message from a colleague saying that "HIF got the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine whoo hooo." That's exciting news for young researchers like me who are beginning our ...
Oct 9, 2019
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Dr. Paul Harch, Clinical Professor and Director of Hyperbaric Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, and Dr. Edward Fogarty, Chairman of Radiology at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine, report ...
Jan 24, 2019
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In a University of California, Irvine-led study, researchers found evidence that fasting affects circadian clocks in the liver and skeletal muscle, causing them to rewire their metabolism, which can ultimately lead to improved ...
Jan 15, 2019
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Since it was first synthesized almost 150 years ago, the pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, better known as DDT, has been widely used to fight illnesses caused by insects. Later, it was proven not only to kill off ...
May 25, 2018
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A new study by researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that an enzyme called FIH determines how muscles consume oxygen. Without the enzyme, the need for oxygen increases during physical exercise. The finding ...
Apr 3, 2018
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Understanding the energy it takes to grow a strand of hair could hold the key to ensuring women end their lives with a wonderful bouffant.
Jan 29, 2018
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A new study suggests that physiological stress in premature infants combined with separation from their mothers may have lasting effects into adulthood. In clinical studies, these factors have been found to increase the risk ...
Sep 21, 2017
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