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From The Labs 

Image of the month: This brain region coordinates survival adaptations to food shortages

January 4, 2022January 4, 2022behavioral adaptations, fasting, food shortage, hippocampal dentate gyrus, metabolic adaptations, Research, SCR-2

SRC-2 (green) in POMC neurons in the hypothalamus helps animals survive when food is hard to find.

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From The Labs 

Fasting lowers blood pressure by reshaping the gut microbiota

April 29, 2021April 29, 2021animal model, bile acids, fasting, gut microbiota, Hypertension, Research

For the first time researchers show that intermittent fasting can reduce hypertension by reshaping the gut microbiota in an animal model.

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How to care for the fasting child

May 8, 2018May 8, 2018fasting, Healthcare, Omar Jaber, pediatrics

The middle of May marks the beginning of the month of Ramadan, the time of year where Muslims around the world choose to abstain from

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From the Labs Image of the Month

From The Labs Image of the Month From the Labs: A closer look at tertiary lymphoid structures. Image courtesy of M. Zelazowski/ P. Castro/Baylor’s Human Tissue Acquisition & Pathology (HTAP) Core.

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