News tagged with mammalian fatty

Researchers pinpoint neurons that control obesity in fruit flies

A team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology have pinpointed two groups of neurons in fruit fly brains that have the ability to sense and manipulate the fly's fat stores in much the same way as do neurons ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Omega-3 kills cancer cells

Docosahexanoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oils, has been shown to reduce the size of tumours and enhance the positive effects of the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, while limiting its harmful side effects. ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1