Antioxidants: not all of them match for mitochondrial needs
Mitochondria are tiny structures in human and animal cells that produce energy through an integrated series of chemical reactions known as the respiratory chain…
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Muscle wasting in diabetes: stop it by tagging the protein @ www.klf15.ub
Diabetes mellitus is a disease caused by insufficient action of the hormone insulin. Insulin not only lowers blood sugar levels, but promotes the growth…
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Statins: they are over-prescribed and prevention goes revised
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are still the leading cause of death worldwide: in 2015 they were responsible for 40% of all deaths. In the last…
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Lung cancer needs lactate to grow: and protease becomes the gatekeeper
UT Southwestern researchers have found that an enzyme on the surface of some lung cancer cells helps feed the cancer, making it a tempting…
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Liver cancer: “malignant pathways” are already there in cirrhosis
Liver cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, claiming 700,000 lives each year. Most cases are discovered too late for a…
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NAD+: does the hidden metabolism mirrors to tissue health?
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is called the “anti-aging molecule” because research has shown that its levels fall with age and that restoring them can…
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Girls have been experiencing puberty earlier in life for the last 150 years or so, with 12.5 years being the average age girls start…
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Microbiota like “Big Brother”: spying on his metabolism for our health
Researchers at the University of Virginia and their collaborators, however, have devised a way to understand not just what is happening but why. By combining cutting-edge…
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Sugar and its “bloody” shifts: the screening for “spikers” and not.
Food has a strong impact on glucose fluctuations and some commonly consumed foods have been found to cause a large glucose spike in most…
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Antioxidants: the lovely coffee is second to no one
Everyone likes a good coffee. One reason, perhaps unconscious, is that coffee is potentially the biggest source of antioxidants in the world. The other…
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