The ANI Foundation’s first action, to be carried out on malnourished children in Rwanda, has now started. In reaction to the disastrous consequences of denutrition-mediated impaired immunity in children, the […]
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The human body contains more microbes than its own human cells The human body is colonized by 10 times more microorganisms than the number of its own cells: the microbiota. […]
Read more ›The Center for Integrative Genomics (CIG) is the newest department of the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne (UNIL). Its establishment was made possible as a […]
Read more ›The Center for Genome Science and Systems Biology at the Washington University School of Medicine, directed by Jeffrey Gordon, focuses on comparative genomics, statistical genomics, and systems biology. It promotes […]
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Microbiota means « little living » and is the recent name given to the entire microbial community living in symbiosis with our body. It comprises mainly what was further called the gut […]
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Dietary-induced UV-protection as an emerging concept With summertime inviting us to sun-exposed open air activities or tempting us to lie out at sandy beaches, articles on prevention to sun exposure […]
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Although cholesterol is an essential compound of our body, involved in all cells’ structure and precursor of steroid hormones, it can become harmful when present in too high levels in […]
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At a seminar given on May 21th at the Center of Integrative Genomics of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, James Kaput, Head of the Clinical Translation Unit at the Nestlé […]
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A new study published in the European Journal of Nutrition showed a combination of soy isoflavone genistein, omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins D3 and K1 to prevent osteoporosis and reduce […]
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El Kochairi, I., et al. (2011). Beneficial effects of combinatorial micronutrition on body fat and atherosclerosis in mice. Cardiovascular research 91, 732-41 Prof W. Wahli’s research group at the Center […]
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