Cardiology
Metabolism switch signals end for healing hearts
Researchers have identified the process that shuts down the human heart's ability to heal itself, and are now searching for a drug to reverse it.
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Medical research
Tasting fructose with the pancreas
Taste receptors on the tongue help us distinguish between safe food and food that's spoiled or toxic. But taste receptors are now being found in other organs, too. In a study published online the week of February 6 by the ...
Feb 6, 2012
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Medical research
Gut bacteria are crucial for liver repair, finds study
When parts of the liver are removed, the body can replace the missing tissue. A team of researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now discovered that the success of this process depends to a large extent ...
Mar 1, 2023
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Diabetes
World-first insulin technology will provide better diabetes care
Distinguished Professor Geoff Chase, from the University of Canterbury (UC) College of Engineering, is working on world-first insulin sensor technology to enable 'right now' measurement for those managing type 2 diabetes.
Aug 6, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Metastatic cancers adapt their metabolism to the tissue in which they grow
Cancer that splits and develops in new organs around the body becomes significantly more difficult to fight. Now, researchers at Chalmers have shown that these metastatic cancers, that spread from the original, adapt their ...
Nov 17, 2022
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Genetics
ENCODE project: Researchers catalogue functional elements of the genome
Most of the DNA alterations that are tied to disease do not alter protein-coding genes, but rather the "switches" that control them. Characterizing these switches is one of many goals of the ENCODE project – a sweeping, ...
Sep 5, 2012
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Genetics
Change of temperature causes whole body reprogramming
Human beings, like most organisms, are constantly exposed to alternating colder or warmer temperatures. These environmental variations cause striking metabolic effects and require constant adaptations. While some of these ...
May 17, 2022
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Genetics
Metabolism, not genes, may offer more insight into risk of some diseases
Our ancestry can be detected not only in our genes, but also in our metabolism, a new Yale-led study has found.
Oct 17, 2022
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Health
Calcium, vitamin D modulate human energy metabolism
(HealthDay) -- There is considerable evidence that calcium and vitamin D intake are influential in modulating energy metabolism in humans, according to a study published online March 2 in Obesity Reviews.
Mar 12, 2012
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Genetics
Study maps human metabolism in health and disease
Scientists have produced an instruction manual for the human genome that provides a framework to better understand the relationship between an individual's genetic make-up and their lifestyle.
Mar 3, 2013
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