Health
Want a better memory? Try eating a Mediterranean diet
Eating a Mediterranean diet can slow down cognitive decline.
Aug 9, 2016
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News tagged with cellular energy metabolism
Oncology & Cancer
Insight into cancer cells' abnormal behavior
Scientists at Lancaster University have shed light on the metabolic switch observed in abnormal cells like cancer.
Aug 4, 2016
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Diabetes
An imbalance of cellular bioenergetics in pancreatic beta-cells links to type 2 diabetes
Impaired activation of mitochondrial energy metabolism in the presence of glucose has been demonstrated in pancreatic beta-cells from patients with type 2 diabetes. The cause of this dysfunction has been unknown. Publishing ...
Jul 29, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Long non-coding RNA modulates colorectal cancer metabolism
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA) are unusual in that they don't encode proteins like normal RNA. Yet they do play a role in regulating cellular functions and interest cancer researchers.
Apr 20, 2015
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Medical research
Strategy for helping 'tired' cells affected by mitochondrial disease
Findings published in the latest edition of Cell by researchers at the University of Padua and the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares have the potential to change the lives of patients with mitochondrial ...
Sep 19, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Study suggests new approach to fight lung cancer
Recent research has shown that cancer cells have a much different – and more complex – metabolism than normal cells. Now, scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas have found that exploiting these differences might ...
Jun 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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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identify critical metabolic alterations in triple-negative breast cancer cells
Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified a host of small molecules critical to metabolism in cells of triple-negative breast cancer—one of the least understood groups of breast cancer. These molecules, called ...
Apr 9, 2013
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Medical research
Stem cell survival strategy key to blood and immune system health
Stem cells of the aging bone marrow recycle their own molecules to survive and keep replenishing the blood and immune systems as the body ages, researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have discovered.
Feb 14, 2013
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