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How do proteins affect heart health?

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How do proteins affect heart health? Published: Proteins are the building blocks of life as they control the chemical reactions in cells. Despite the importance of proteins, scientists are still trying to determine what many of them do. What role do CaN and RCAN1 play in the heart?

Biology 79
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Could a nettle a day keep the doctor away?

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Her team at the University of Maryland is using mice and cultured cells to try to understand how Urtica dioica contributes to a healthy diet. The evidence is pointing at nettles’ ability to protect us from obesity and diseases associated with it, which they do by impacting the bacteria in our gut microbiome. Are bacteria all that bad?

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An educational journey through cell biology

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As a biomedical scientist and passionate educator, Kristina talks us through key concepts of cell biology and how understanding of them shapes scientific research and impacts society. When we learn to appreciate what we do every day, our life becomes more interesting and reaching a goal becomes more enjoyable.

Biology 98
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Cultivating Healthy Learners: Student Nutrition & the Human Body

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There’s a certain power that comes from knowing how your body works. Like a mechanic and a prized hot-rod, when we learn about the human body — how our muscles move, why our cells divide — we’re not only better able to diagnose our systems that aren’t operating correctly, we’re able to better those systems.

Biology 98
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How can data management tools help us discover new treatments for a chronic disease?

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How can data management tools help us discover new treatments for a chronic disease? There is still much we do not know about the disease, and researchers are working hard to learn more about what causes it. Often, people with ME/CFS are unable to do their usual activities. At times, they cannot get out of bed.

Biology 117
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On the frontline of the biomedical revolution

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Diagnostics, imaging, materials science – people now realise how important it is.” We developed the rapid antigen test for COVID-19, using optical devices to detect viral proteins,” he says. I was sure I would do something related to science and technology, but wasn’t sure whether it would be in industry, government or academia.

Biology 98
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The Mediterranean way: changing diets to extend lifespans

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TALK LIKE A HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION RESEARCHER Blood pressure — the force of circulating blood on artery walls. It’s important to understand the health priorities of communities, so that solutions are designed to address them directly,” explains Alice.