Genetics

Ancestry plays vital role in nutrition and disease, study shows

Over the past decade, much progress has been made regarding the understanding and promise of personalized medicine. Scientists are just beginning to consider the impact of gene-diet interactions in different populations in ...

Health

High-protein diets reduce liver fat

According to a new nutritional study conducted by the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) on individuals with type 2 diabetes, high-protein diets reduced liver fat by up to 48 percent within six weeks. It did not matter ...

Neuroscience

Scientists identify metabolic link between aging, Parkinson's

(Medical Xpress)—University of Alabama researchers identified within animal models an enzyme that links genetic pathways that control aging with the death of dopamine neurons – a clinical hallmark of Parkinson's disease.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Leptospirosis in New York City—a risk from rats to dogs and people

In New York City, leptospirosis, a bacterial disease that affects humans and animals, is most often spread to both people and dogs from rats, according to a study presented at the 2015 International Conference on Emerging ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New study may lead to better, safer drug for diabetes

A Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) study published recently in the Journal of Biological Chemistry reveals that a natural fatty acid can serve as a regulator of blood sugar levels, which may have important applications ...

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