USE OF CARNOSINE IN THE PREVENTION OF CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK FACTORS IN OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE INDIVIDUALS: STUDY PROTOCOL FOR A RANDOMISED, DOUBLE-BLIND PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL

Introduction Carnosine, an over the counter food supplement, has been shown to improve glucose metabolism as well as cardiovascular risk factors in animal and human studies through its anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, antiglycating and chelating properties.The aim of this study is to establish if carnosine supplementation improves obesity, insulin

Living cells often need to measure chemical concentrations that vary in time, yet how accurately they can do so is poorly understood.Here, we present a theory that fully specifies, without any adjustable parameters, the optimal design of a canonical sensing system in terms of two elementary design principles: (1) there exists an optimal integration

Objective: To propose and test a new approach based on community detection in the field of social computing for uncovering consensuses and treatment principles in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).Methods: Three Chinese databases (CNKI, VIP, and Wan Fang Data) were searched for published articles on TCM treatment of diabetic nephropathy (DN) from

Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary (PKWS) is a major hotspot of biological diversity in teclado newskill blanco Thailand but its fungal diversity has not been thouroughly explored.A two-year macrofungal study of this remote locality has resulted in the recognition of a new species of a star-shaped gasteroid fungus in the genus Astraeus.This fungus has be