Microbes help orchestrate how the gut uses its genes
The microbes that help break down food actually tell the gut how to do its job better, according to a new study in mice at Duke.
May 13, 2022
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The microbes that help break down food actually tell the gut how to do its job better, according to a new study in mice at Duke.
May 13, 2022
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A Mount Sinai-led team has developed a reproducible and scalable method to advance maturation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs)—cells that support heart muscle contraction, generated in the ...
Apr 07, 2022
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the hardy bacterial species that causes tuberculosis (TB), has an unexpected vulnerability that future drugs may be able to exploit, according to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell ...
Dec 21, 2021
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A form of cell communication called hedgehog signaling is vital for embryonic development in mammals. But aberrantly activated hedgehog signaling in multiple cancer types—including breast cancer—promotes tumor invasion, ...
Aug 16, 2021
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Adipose tissue is essential for the establishment and maintenance of functional metabolism, secreting large amounts of adipokines that affect fatty acid oxidation in skeletal muscle and liver.
Jul 07, 2021
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Fatty acids are formed when fat breaks down during digestion. While many of the body's organs use glucose as their primary energy source, the heart derives most of its required energy (over 70%) from the oxidation of fatty ...
Jun 29, 2021
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Research from Saint Louis University finds that high fat or "ketogenic" diets could completely prevent, or even reverse heart failure caused by a metabolic process.
Oct 26, 2020
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Short-term cold exposure may help people with brown fat burn 15 percent more calories than those without, according to a small study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Apr 28, 2020
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Eating walnuts may help slow cognitive decline in at-risk groups of the elderly population, according to a study conducted by researchers in California and Spain.
Jan 28, 2020
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With the rise of fad diets, "superfoods", and a growing range of dietary supplement choices, it's sometimes hard to know what to eat.
Aug 01, 2019
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