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Metabolism is the means by which the body derives energy and synthesizes the other molecules it needs from the fats, carbohydrates and proteins we eat as food, by enzymatic reactions helped by minerals and vitamins.

Global "BiteMap" shows how climate change could shape marine food webs

Where are small marine animals most vulnerable to getting eaten? The answer has big consequences for coastal ecosystems, where most of the world's fishing takes place, since predators can radically change underwater communities.

27 Oct 2020

Ketogenic diets can prevent or reverse heart failure caused by metabolic process

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.

27 Oct 2020

Dietary supplement can support immune system to combat SARS-CoV-2 infections

SPIN (SPermidin and eugenol INtegrator for the contrasting incidence of coronavirus in EU population) is a European project powered by EIT Food that is currently developing a dietary supplement supporting the function of the immune system in the fight against SARS-CoV-2 infections in the population at high risk.

22 Oct 2020

Study finds significant link between flavanol consumption and lower blood pressure

People who consume a diet including flavanol-rich foods and drinks, including tea, apples and berries, could lead to lower blood pressure, according to the first study using objective measures of thousands of UK residents' diet.

22 Oct 2020

New DNA-cutting tool could advance gene editing for novel treatments

Gene editing for the development of new treatments, and for studying disease as well as normal function in humans and other organisms, may advance more quickly with a new tool for cutting larger pieces of DNA out of a cell's genome, according to a new study by UC San Francisco scientists.

21 Oct 2020

New tool can provide non-invasive decision support for treating lung cancer

Personalized treatment options for patients with lung cancer have come a long way in the past two decades. For patients with non-small cell lung cancer, the most common subtype of lung cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, two major treatment strategies have emerged: tyrosine kinase inhibitors and immune checkpoint inhibitors.

19 Oct 2020

Childhood trauma leads to metabolic changes across generations

People who experienced childhood trauma usually suffer lifelong consequences that impact their physical and mental health.

19 Oct 2020

Researchers unravel molecular factors that drive severity of COVID-19

While most COVID-19 cases are asymptomatic or mild, severe complications associated with acute respiratory distress have led to more than one million deaths worldwide in just several months.

14 Oct 2020

Scientists develop new antimicrobial molecules from toxic proteins in wasp venom

A team led by scientists in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has engineered powerful new antimicrobial molecules from toxic proteins found in wasp venom.

13 Oct 2020

Oncopig fulfills the unmet clinical modeling needs for hepatocellular carcinoma

Volume 11, Issue 28 of Oncotarget features "Development and comprehensive characterization of porcine hepatocellular carcinoma for translational liver cancer investigation" by Gaba et, al. which reported that reliable development of Oncopig HCC cell lines was demonstrated through hepatocyte isolation and Cre recombinase exposure across 15 Oncopigs.

12 Oct 2020

Cyanobacteria As "Green" Catalysts In Biotechnology

Cyanobacteria are known as "blue-green algae", and convert light energy into chemical energy effectively thanks to their active photosynthetic cells.

7 Oct 2020

Dried plum diet prevents bone loss associated with spinal cord injury

Findings from a new study among mice show a diet high in dried plum (prunes) completely prevents bone loss associated with spinal cord injury (SCI), while also restoring some of the bone lost following SCI.

7 Oct 2020

Imaging technique could replace invasive tissue biopsies to determine cancer drug resistance

Imaging techniques could replace the need for invasive tissue biopsies in helping rapidly determine whether cancer treatments are working effectively, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge.

7 Oct 2020

Researchers demonstrate new method to increase catalytic activity of cyanobacteria

Although cyanobacteria are known to stain water green through their unique pigments, they are colloquially referred to as “blue-green algae.”

6 Oct 2020

Deep learning-based technique could boost drug development

When you take a medication, you want to know precisely what it does. Pharmaceutical companies go through extensive testing to ensure that you do.

6 Oct 2020

Researchers discover how synapses find energy to support intense neural conversations

Our thoughts, feelings, and movements are controlled by billions of neurons talking to each other at trillions of specialized communication points called synapses.

6 Oct 2020

Study unravels how immunotherapy is 'uniquely suppressed' by liver cancers

Though cancer immunotherapy has become a promising standard-of-care treatment--and in some cases, perhaps a cure--for a wide variety of different cancers, it doesn't work for everyone, and researchers have increasingly turned their attention to understanding why.

5 Oct 2020

Rapeseed could replace soy as best plant-based source of protein for humans

Rapeseed has the potential to replace soy as the best plant-based source of protein for humans. In a current study, nutrition scientists at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), found that rapeseed protein consumption has comparable beneficial effects on human metabolism as soy protein.

1 Oct 2020

Fine-tuning stem cell metabolism prevents hair loss

A team of researchers have discovered a mechanism that prevents hair loss: hair follicle stem cells.

29 Sep 2020

Analysis of wild tomatoes elucidates genetic basis underlying fruit traits

Domestication and subsequent intensive breeding of tomato had a major impact on fruit ripening and the myriad metabolic processes accompanying it.

29 Sep 2020

Metabolism News and Research

Global "BiteMap" shows how climate change could shape marine food webs

Ketogenic diets can prevent or reverse heart failure caused by metabolic process

Dietary supplement can support immune system to combat SARS-CoV-2 infections

Study finds significant link between flavanol consumption and lower blood pressure

New DNA-cutting tool could advance gene editing for novel treatments

New tool can provide non-invasive decision support for treating lung cancer

Childhood trauma leads to metabolic changes across generations

Researchers unravel molecular factors that drive severity of COVID-19

Scientists develop new antimicrobial molecules from toxic proteins in wasp venom

Oncopig fulfills the unmet clinical modeling needs for hepatocellular carcinoma

Cyanobacteria As "Green" Catalysts In Biotechnology

Dried plum diet prevents bone loss associated with spinal cord injury

Imaging technique could replace invasive tissue biopsies to determine cancer drug resistance

Researchers demonstrate new method to increase catalytic activity of cyanobacteria

Deep learning-based technique could boost drug development

Researchers discover how synapses find energy to support intense neural conversations

Study unravels how immunotherapy is 'uniquely suppressed' by liver cancers

Rapeseed could replace soy as best plant-based source of protein for humans

Fine-tuning stem cell metabolism prevents hair loss

Analysis of wild tomatoes elucidates genetic basis underlying fruit traits

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