Metabolism News and Research

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Dietary 1H-NMR “Fingerprints” Could Help Fight Against Chronic Disease

Metabolic urine profiling could provide an approach to understand what people have been eating, without them needing to tell you. Here, researchers from Imperial College London, Prof Gary Frost, Prof Elaine Holmes, and Dr. Isabel Garcia-Perez, explain why this could be invaluable to both nutritional research and individuals.

From Bruker BioSpin - NMR, EPR and Imaging 27 Oct 2020

Study: 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

Early life exposure to air pollution may increase children's body mass index

Exposure to higher air pollution levels and greater population density during the early months of life may be associated with an increase in children's body mass index (BMI).

27 Oct 2020

Cellular senescence variations may control health and onset of age-related diseases

Researchers from Kumamoto University, Japan have proposed that cellular senescence variations during the aging process could lead to control of health and onset of age-related diseases.

27 Oct 2020

Intestinal microbiota offers new prospects for treating celiac disease

Celiac disease is an immune disease of the intestine that affects more than 1% of the population. It is characterised by gluten intolerance that causes inflammation of the gut, abdominal pain and diarrhoea, and can lead to weight loss and deficiencies among patients.

23 Oct 2020

Researchers validate new radiolabeled molecule used in imaging tests to detect brain injury

Researchers have validated a new radiolabeled molecule that can be used with imaging tests to accurately detect and characterize brain injury.

22 Oct 2020

Tryptophan found in turkeys can accelerate intestinal healing in people with celiac disease

People with celiac disease may find themselves more comfortable with extra Thanksgiving turkey dinners.An international team of researchers led by McMaster University has found that tryptophan, an amino acid present in high amounts in turkey, along with some probiotics, may help them heal and respond better to a gluten-free diet.

22 Oct 2020

Brain metabolic changes associated with loss of smell in COVID-19

A recent study detailed in a preprint paper published in medRxiv, researchers from Belgium, discuss how they investigated possible central nervous system (CNS) involvement in COVID-19 patients with a sudden loss of smell using a hybrid positron emission tomography (PET)-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system (PET-MR).

21 Oct 2020

Dietary supplement represents an innovative strategy to help in the fight against SARS-CoV-2

SPIN (SPermidin and eugenol INtegrator for 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 population at high risk.

21 Oct 2020

UCLA researchers discover compound that stimulates muscle cells in mice

UCLA researchers have identified a compound that can reproduce the effect of exercise in muscle cells in mice. The findings are published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine.

21 Oct 2020

High flavanol diet associated with 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.

21 Oct 2020

Cold-induced increase in vitamin A boosts fat burning

A recent study conducted by a research team led by Florian Kiefer from MedUni Vienna's Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism shows that cold ambient temperatures increase vitamin A levels in humans and mice.

21 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

Novel theory illuminates the impact of environment on human health

Researchers at Mount Sinai have proposed a groundbreaking new way to study the interaction between complex biological systems in the body and the environment.

20 Oct 2020

Serious ongoing symptoms in COVID-19 survivors

Although predominantly a respiratory illness, emerging data suggests that multi-organ injury is common, particularly in moderate to severe infections. A new study published on the preprint server medRxiv* in October 2020 describes the illness's sequelae in the months after recovery.

20 Oct 2020

Anti-inflammatory therapy helps slow progression of multiple sclerosis in a preclinical model

Intranasal administration of an anti-inflammatory drug helped reduce disease progression in a preclinical model of multiple sclerosis, according to recent research out of the University of Alberta.

20 Oct 2020

NMR Metabolomics as Novel Screening Tool for New-borns (For Research Only)

In this interview, Oscar Millet, group leader of the Precision Medicine and Metabolism group of the CIC bioGUNE, talked to News Medical about his research into the use of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) metabolomic analysis as a clinical screening tool. His team has used NMR to screen urine samples form new-borns for congenital metabolic disorders.

From Bruker BioSpin - NMR, EPR and Imaging 20 Oct 2020

Researchers develop a non-invasive method for measuring thyroid hormone action in tissue

Patients with thyroid dysfunction are routinely treated with drugs to regulate the hormone imbalance. The effect of these drugs is clinically evaluated by means of blood tests.

20 Oct 2020

New research finds marked impact of COVID-19 on osteoporosis management

A new study published prior to World Osteoporosis Day finds that the COVID-19 pandemic, which has severely affected management of non-communicable diseases, is markedly impacting the management of osteoporosis as judged by access to online FRAX fracture risk assessments.

20 Oct 2020

Scientists discover key enzyme involved in the development of autoimmune diseases

Scientists affiliated with the Center for Research on Inflammatory Diseases (CRID http://crid.fmrp.usp.br), hosted by the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil, have discovered that an enzyme involved in key metabolic processes also plays a role in immune cell differentiation and hence in the development of autoimmune diseases.

19 Oct 2020

Metabolism News and Research

Latest Metabolism News and Research

Dietary 1H-NMR “Fingerprints” Could Help Fight Against Chronic Disease

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

Early life exposure to air pollution may increase children's body mass index

Cellular senescence variations may control health and onset of age-related diseases

Intestinal microbiota offers new prospects for treating celiac disease

Researchers validate new radiolabeled molecule used in imaging tests to detect brain injury

Tryptophan found in turkeys can accelerate intestinal healing in people with celiac disease

Brain metabolic changes associated with loss of smell in COVID-19

Dietary supplement represents an innovative strategy to help in the fight against SARS-CoV-2

UCLA researchers discover compound that stimulates muscle cells in mice

High flavanol diet associated with lower blood pressure

Cold-induced increase in vitamin A boosts fat burning

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

Novel theory illuminates the impact of environment on human health

Serious ongoing symptoms in COVID-19 survivors

Anti-inflammatory therapy helps slow progression of multiple sclerosis in a preclinical model

NMR Metabolomics as Novel Screening Tool for New-borns (For Research Only)

Researchers develop a non-invasive method for measuring thyroid hormone action in tissue

New research finds marked impact of COVID-19 on osteoporosis management

Scientists discover key enzyme involved in the development of autoimmune diseases

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