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A study by researchers at Harvard University and Tufts University revealed that “eating late makes you gain more weight or lose less weight.” The research The earlier the meals of the day are consumed, the more the risk of gaining weight is diminished, according to studies conducted by the teams at Harvard University in…
There are a number of diseases that it’s necessary to monitor, specifically those related to carbohydrates. Some examples are favism, wheat allergy, gluten sensitivity, celiac disease or diabetes. Can we all eat everything? There are physiopathological conditions and moments in the life cycle in which we must adjust our diet, in this case carbohydrates,…
The clinical trial In patients with Parkinson’s, melanoma, leukemia, HIV, hemophilia… gene therapy is envisaged as a valid option in more and more diseases. Now, a new clinical trial shows that it could also “safely” correct the immune systems of newborns diagnosed with a rare and life-threatening hereditary disorder: X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (X-SCID). At…
The sustainability of a healthy diet for 10,000 million people by year 2050 is the challenge of 37 scientists recruited by the EAT Foundation, a global platform for the transformation of the dietary system, which advises in a report to double the consumption of fruits and vegetables and reducing the consumption of red meat and…
Supercomputers help researchers design cancer models and predict treatments outcomes based on patient-specific conditions Model Selection and Testing Over the years, many different mathematical models of tumor growth have been proposed, but determining which is most accurate at predicting cancer progression is a challenge. In October 2016, writing in Mathematical Models and Methods in…
Supercomputers help researchers design cancer models and predict treatments outcomes based on patient-specific conditions Researchers have developed computer models to predict how cancer will progress in a specific individual, based on tissue, cellular and subcellular protein signaling responses. The models can predict how brain tumors (gliomas) will grow with much greater accuracy than previous models.…
BO-112 is an immunotherapy developed in Spain, which during the first clinical phase has proven to be safe. It doesn’t show any severe side effects and preliminary data show it controls the illness in five out of ten patients. Iván Márquez Rodas, oncologist at Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, is the co-leader of this project.…
At this point, it may be worth asking, what do free radicals and antioxidants have to do with our genes? This seems like a simple environmental issue: eat more antioxidants to balance out the free radicals. Alas, the situation is not quite so simple. Often times, external antioxidant consumption is unable to keep up with…
Imagine with me for a moment: Joe, the quirky, astute, dedicated scientist, approaches his laboratory for the day’s research. He opens the large double doors and begins to run routine safety checks. Equipment expiration dates are within range, ventilation systems are adequate, emergency showers and eyewash stations are functional. Joe settles upon himself a thick…
Findings confirm previous clues found in people A new study on two specially bred strains of mice has illuminated how abnormal addition of the chemical phosphate to a specific heart muscle protein may sabotage the way the protein behaves in a cell, and may damage the way the heart pumps blood around the body. A…
Scientists are using a diagnostic test to better understand the biology of prostate cancer tumors, which could lead to a transformation in how prostate cancer is diagnosed and treated. Queen’s University Belfast has led the world’s largest research study using a diagnostic test developed by Almac Diagnostics, to better understand the biology of prostate…
Honeycomb-like arrays of tiny, lab-grown cancers could one day help doctors zero in on individualized treatments for ovarian cancer, an unpredictable disease that kills more than 14,000 women each year in the United States alone. The study A team of researchers has devised a process that can grow hundreds of cultured cell masses, called spheroids,…