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Alcohol, Cannabis and Other Drugs: A Pharmacological Evaluation

Understanding the interactions between alcohol and cannabis can provide researchers, clinicians and other HCPs with important information on the severity of their side effects.

10 Apr 2019

Study suggests novel therapeutic strategy for ALS

In a study published online in Brain on April 1, researchers from Dr. XU Jin's lab at the Institute of Neuroscience of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators revealed a new cellular mechanism for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, suggested a novel therapeutic strategy targeting the RNA degradation pathway, and identified an asthma drug as a potential medication for ALS.

9 Apr 2019

Biologists analyze available methods of targeted drug delivery to malignant tumors

A team of biologists from Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University and Lobachevsky University analyzed available methods of targeted drug delivery to malignant tumors.

9 Apr 2019

Scientists identify receptor responsible for bitter taste of Epsom salt

A team of scientists headed by Maik Behrens from the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich has identified the receptor responsible for the bitter taste of various salts. These include medically used Epsom salt.

8 Apr 2019

Scientists develop new imaging technology to visualize cells' eating habits

Scientists have developed a new imaging technology to visualize what cells eat, which could aid the diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as cancer.

8 Apr 2019

New study explains why heart failure patients have trouble with thinking and depression

Heart failure patients often have trouble with thinking and depression. A new study by University of Guelph researchers explains why and points to ways to prevent and treat both heart and brain maladies through the emerging field of circadian medicine.

5 Apr 2019

Researchers identify genetic mutations that can promote regeneration after liver damage

Researchers at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern have identified genetic mutations that accumulate in the adult liver that can promote regeneration in the context of chronic liver damage.

5 Apr 2019

Salk researchers reveal new role for a driver of metastatic cancers

Metastatic ovarian, prostate and breast cancers are notoriously difficult to treat and often deadly. Now, Salk Institute researchers have revealed a new role for the CDK12 protein. The findings were published in the print version of Genes & Development on April 1, 2019.

3 Apr 2019

Scientists identify biomarkers to predict risk of atrial fibrillation

Scientists at the University of Navarra (Spain), in collaboration with clinicians from the University Hospital of Donostia, have identified two biomarkers associated with the risk of suffering atrial fibrillation, a cardiac ailment that affects more than 33.5 million people in the world.

2 Apr 2019

Gout treatment could potentially reduce complications accompanying metabolic syndrome

The drug colchicine, used to treat the arthritic condition gout, could potentially reduce complications accompanying metabolic syndrome, a combination of high blood pressure, high blood sugar and other conditions that increase the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health.

2 Apr 2019

New analysis establishes global microbial signatures for colorectal cancer

Cancers have long been known to arise due to environmental exposures such as unhealthy diet or smoking. Lately, the microbes living in and on our body have entered the stage as key players: while stomach cancer can be caused by a single bacterial species, Helicobacter pylori, the role that gut microbes play in the development of colorectal cancer - the third most common cancer worldwide - is less clear.

2 Apr 2019

Gut microbiota can help predict occurrence of colorectal cancer

Gut microbiota - the population of microbes that live in our intestine - can be used to predict the occurrence of colorectal cancer, the second most common type of cancer in women and the third in men.

1 Apr 2019

Measuring estrogen byproducts can help predict survival for breast cancer patients

Researchers from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center found preliminary evidence that measuring byproducts of the hormone estrogen can help them predict survival for women with breast cancer.

1 Apr 2019

Researchers explore biological mechanisms behind obesity-cancer link

New studies led by University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers explore biological mechanisms behind obesity and its link with cancer.

1 Apr 2019

Binding affinities of PFASs to Baikal seal PPARα revealed using in vitro and in silico approaches

A team of researchers at Ehime University revealed the binding affinities of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) to Baikal seal peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) using in vitro and in silico approaches.

30 Mar 2019

Seemingly identical bacteria may have a different effect

Our gut microbiome - the complement of bacteria we carry around in our intestines - has been linked to everything from obesity and diabetes to heart disease and even neurological disorders and cancer.

30 Mar 2019

Fetal exposure to nicotine linked with SIDS and cardiac arrhythmias in newborns

Fetal exposure to tobacco smoke in utero is associated with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and cardiac arrhythmias in newborns. In a novel study in rabbits, investigators provide the first evidence linking fetal exposure to nicotine to long-term alterations of the cardiac sodium current.

29 Mar 2019

Vitamin C can reduce the length of ICU stay

Vitamin C administration shortened the length of stay in the intensive care unit on average by 8% in 12 trials with 1766 patients according to a meta-analysis published in Nutrients.

28 Mar 2019

Researchers discover underlying cause of hereditary muscle disease

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered the underlying cause of a hereditary muscle disease first characterised in a Swedish family in 1980. It proves to be the first identified disease caused by defective myoglobin, the protein that transports oxygen in muscle cells.

27 Mar 2019

Health risks linked with cocktail of man-made chemicals are overlooked

The cocktail of man-made chemicals that we are exposed to daily is a health risk which current regulations and risk assessment overlook. This is the conclusion of the EU Horizon 2020 EDC-MixRisk project that is now being presented.

27 Mar 2019

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Latest Metabolism News and Research

Alcohol, Cannabis and Other Drugs: A Pharmacological Evaluation

Study suggests novel therapeutic strategy for ALS

Biologists analyze available methods of targeted drug delivery to malignant tumors

Scientists identify receptor responsible for bitter taste of Epsom salt

Scientists develop new imaging technology to visualize cells' eating habits

New study explains why heart failure patients have trouble with thinking and depression

Researchers identify genetic mutations that can promote regeneration after liver damage

Salk researchers reveal new role for a driver of metastatic cancers

Scientists identify biomarkers to predict risk of atrial fibrillation

Gout treatment could potentially reduce complications accompanying metabolic syndrome

New analysis establishes global microbial signatures for colorectal cancer

Gut microbiota can help predict occurrence of colorectal cancer

Measuring estrogen byproducts can help predict survival for breast cancer patients

Researchers explore biological mechanisms behind obesity-cancer link

Binding affinities of PFASs to Baikal seal PPARα revealed using in vitro and in silico approaches

Seemingly identical bacteria may have a different effect

Fetal exposure to nicotine linked with SIDS and cardiac arrhythmias in newborns

Vitamin C can reduce the length of ICU stay

Researchers discover underlying cause of hereditary muscle disease

Health risks linked with cocktail of man-made chemicals are overlooked

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