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From The Labs

The circadian clock in heart failure

February 3, 2022 chronotherapy,  circadian clock,  fat metabolism,  heart failure,  obesity paradox,  Research,  Rev-erbα/β,  sugar metabolism

Disrupting the rhythm of molecular clock protein Rev-erbα/β leads to heart failure in animal models.

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Watch that smell! Scents can regulate fat storage

April 9, 2020 C. elegans,  fat metabolism,  fat storage,  odors,  olfaction,  Research,  sense of smell

Dr. Ayse Sena Mutlu, a postdoctoral fellow at Baylor’s Huffington Center On Aging, had an intriguing question. Is it possible to change the body’s fat

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A worm’s lessons for living a longer, healthier life

February 26, 2019 Aging,  C. elegans,  fat metabolism,  Longevity,  lysosomes,  metabolic signaling,  mitochondria,  oxidative tolerance,  Research,  sugar metabolism

Caenorhabditis elegans is a seemingly unimpressive worm. It is as long as a penny is thick, it lives in the soil feeding on microbes it

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Bacteria and mitochondria have a common language

July 20, 2017 C. elegans,  fat metabolism,  Hedgehog,  microbiome,  mitochondria,  NR5A,  Patched

It’s not news that microbes can alter the physiology of the organisms in which they live, but the actual molecular mechanisms that mediate their interactions

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From the Labs: Image of the Month

Blood vessels (magenta) intertwined with metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) nestled within the protective layers that surround the mouse spinal cord. From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma

Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlNiMWHUhbc

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