News tagged with fat breakdown

High urea levels in chronic kidney failure might be toxic after all

It is thought that the elevated levels of urea (the byproduct of protein breakdown that is excreted in the urine) in patients with end-stage kidney failure are not particularly toxic.

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created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Helping the obese fight loss of muscle function

Experts at The University of Nottingham are working on ground-breaking research to determine, for the first time, precisely what damage obesity can inflict on the muscles in our body.

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created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Disabling enzyme allows mice to gorge without becoming obese, new study finds

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have identified a new enzyme that plays a far more important role than expected in controlling the breakdown of fat. In a new study to be published Jan. 11 in the journal ...

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created Jan 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 1