Organic Chemicals: News and Research on Butyrates

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How brain myelin damage could lead to seizures in MS

A preclinical study by biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has shown why some people with multiple sclerosis, or MS, also suffer from seizures—a debilitating complication that can worsen cognitive ...

How small cell lung cancer hijacks neuronal synapses

An international research team has shown that lung cancer cells can form functional synapses with neurons, effectively hijacking the body's neural circuits to grow faster. The finding reveals a startling new dimension of ...

Cancer cells can use backup routes to fuel their growth

When it comes to their survival, cancer cells have a host of backup plans. This is especially true of the nutrients that cancers use to grow and spread. In addition to relying on sugars like glucose to power their proliferation, ...

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