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Study finds how specific nutrients affect neuronal development
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
It appears that nutrition affects an organism's physiological status at every stage of life. Although it is well recognised that neuronal development, particularly the growth of dendrites and axons, is metabolically demanding, little is known about the effects of different foods on neuronal
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Discovery of metabolic switch could lead to targeted treatment of obesity,
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered how to modify the function of an enzyme crucial to fat production in fruit flies, which could lead to more effective treatments for cancer and childhood obesity in humans.
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Researchers discover a dependency of glioblastoma on biotin distribution
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Glioblastoma is the most lethal and malignant adult brain cancer that may arise from the neuroglial stem or progenitor cells. Certain gene mutations or those with a known history of other cancers and radiation therapy may predispose patients to develop brain cancer. Tumour relapse is invaria
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Study reveals link between metabolism changes, Huntington's disease
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A study has connected the Huntington's disease mutation to metabolic anomalies that cause developmental defects in the brain's oligodendrocyte cells. They found that high doses of biotin and thiamine can bring normal functions back.
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Study: Lymphoma cell metabolism might provide new cancer target
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Aggressive and relatively common lymphomas called diffuse large B cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) have a critical metabolic vulnerability that can be exploited to trick these cancers into starving themselves, according to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell's Ithaca campus
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Researchers reveal connection between metabolism changes in brain cells, H
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered a connection between metabolic abnormalities that affect the growth of the brain's oligodendrocyte cells and the mutation that results in Huntington's disease. They discovered that thiamine and biotin in large amounts can re
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Researchers reveal link between Huntington's disease mutation, developmen
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered a connection between metabolic abnormalities that affect the growth of the brain's oligodendrocyte cells and the mutation that results in Huntington's disease. They discovered that thiamine and biotin in large amounts can r
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Problems with alcohol increase after weight-loss surgery in adolescence: R
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Youth who underwent metabolic and bariatric surgery as teenagers are at heightened risk for alcohol use, according to the first study to document long-term alcohol use and associated issues in this population. Researchers found that after eight years, nearly half of the study participants ha
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Study finds how hormone fluctuations increase survival probabilities
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Blood levels of stress hormones in free-living great tits vary greatly. As the great tits encountered various ambient temperatures, the researchers noted significant variations in how strongly the levels of the glucocorticoid hormone changed in various individuals.
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How to reduce cholesterol and improve your heart health
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI/ATK): Cholesterol is an essential component of proper metabolic functioning in the body.
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Poor diet damages blood vessels: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Metabolic disease affects blood vessels in different organs of our body in a unique way, suggests the findings of recent study
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Researchers find blood vessels get damaged due to poor diet
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A research team has found out that metabolic disease affects blood vessels in different organs of our body in a unique way.
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