Too much salt suppresses phagocytes
Credit: Felix Petermann, MDC For many of us, adding salt to a meal is a perfectly normal thing to do. ...
Tag: Metabolism/Metabolic Diseases
Obesity, high-salt diet pose different cardiovascular risks in females, males
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University Obesity and a high-salt diet are both bad for our hearts but they are bigger, ...
Processed diets might promote chronic infections that can lead to disorders such as diabetes
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Processed diets, which are low in fiber, may initially reduce the incidence of foodborne infectious diseases ...
Metabolite fumarate can reveal cell damage: New method to generate fumarate for MRI
Researchers find new technique for rapid hyperpolarization and purification of fumarate in aqueous solution; obstacles involving the use of parahydrogen ...
Urine of COVID-19 patients could predict who will develop severe disease
Inflammatory markers were higher in people with high blood pressure and diabetesCredit: Dragana Komnenov Rockville, Md. (April 27, 2021)--Urine analysis ...
Compound found in some vegetables may reduce diabetes-related kidney damage
Phenethyl isothiocyanate, derived from watercress and other cruciferous vegetables, shows benefits in ratsCredit: Image courtesy of Mohamed El-Sherbiny, AlMaarefa University. ...
Toward painless oral insulin administration
Can insulin be administered orally by simply mixing it with a small intestine permeable cyclic peptide?Left: blood glucose levels continued ...
Researchers identify the proteins that cause intestinal disease
How do bacteria take over intestinal cells? Now we knowCredit: Tel Aviv University Researchers from Tel Aviv University have created ...
Scientists at IRB Barcelona discover the cause of neurodegeneration in Lafora disease
Credit: IRB Barcelona Lafora disease is an inherited neurodegenerative condition that initially develops with seizures in adolescence and evolves with ...
Light up your mind: A novel light-based treatment for neurodegenerative diseases
Researchers review growing knowledge on the methods and applications of light therapy in treating neurodegenerative diseasesCredit: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay ...
Understanding the growth of disease-causing protein fibres
UK researchers from the University of Bath and the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source have developed a method to directly ...
Keep calm! How blood vessels are kept in check
Credit: BIH/Michael Potente The inner surface of blood vessels is lined by a wafer-thin layer of cells known as the ...
Genetic admixture in the South Pacific: from Denisovans to the human immune response
Credit: © Institut Pasteur Describing the genetic diversity of human populations is essential to improve our understanding of human diseases ...
Increased risk of liver cancer in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver
Credit: Gustav Mårtensson Non-alcoholic fatty liver, NAFLD, is associated with several health risks. According to a new registry study led ...
The amount of time children spend watching screens influences their eating habits
A study evidences how exposure to mobile phones and video games is associated with worse adherence to the Mediterranean dietCredit: ...
Is a calorie a calorie? Not always, when it comes to almonds
Credit: University of Toronto Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that a calorie labelled is not the same ...
Family ties: Early cardiac events pose major and different risks in close relatives
Credit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University Family history of early cardiac events in first degree relatives such as a parent ...
New research on good cholesterol possibly finds better marker for cardiovascular disease
Credit: Ulf Sirborn Good cholesterol, which is transported in HDLs (high-density lipoproteins), plays a key part in the prevention of ...
NIH training grant enhances opportunities for biomedical graduate students at AU
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University Augusta University has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to ...
Bioengineer wins NIH grant to attack cystic fibrosis
Xue Sherry Gao developing base editors to fix multitude of single mutations that cause diseaseCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - ...