Not exact matches
The long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (AA) are considered
essential for maturation of the developing brain, retina and
other organs in newborn infants.
Now a research team led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has discovered that mitochondria, the metabolic energy sources
essential to the health of kidneys and
other organs, also play a key role in kidney injury.
San Diego, CA (March 31, 2009)-- Novocell, Inc., a stem cell engineering company, today announced that it has received U.S. Patent 7,510,876 with claims covering human definitive endoderm cells, an
essential cell for generating not only pancreatic type cells, which Novocell is developing for use as a cell therapy for diabetes, but also
other endoderm lineage - derived tissues and
organs such as lungs, intestine, liver, thymus and thyroid.
But it's a pretty
essential organ, tirelessly breaking down fats, scrubbing your blood of alcohol and
other toxins, recycling blood cells, and more.
Both are elements that are
essential for proper bodily functions, and affect liver function and
other major
organs.
Copper is incorporated into a variety of proteins and metalloenzymes which perform
essential metabolic functions; the micronutrient is necessary for the proper growth, development, and maintenance of bone, connective tissue, brain, heart, and many
other body
organs.
Their compounds known as glutathiones, are
essential for detoxification within the liver and
other digestive
organs.
The liver is a vital
organ that performs has many functions
essential to sustain life, including manufacturing blood proteins, fats, and clotting factors, storing energy as glycogen to be used as energy, storing fat - soluble vitamins and iron, detoxifying drugs, chemicals, and toxic metabolic byproducts, secreting bile for proper digestion, and filtering harmful bacteria and
other pathogens from the blood.
Chicken meal also contains
organ meat which is more nutritious than breast meat, along with calcium, cartilage and
other essential minerals.
As a few of us might remember from high school biology class, the heart and the kidneys are in cahoots with each
other,
essential BFF's of the
organ world.
Puppies and young dogs require high levels of dietary protein, since proteins provide the building blocks for tissues such as muscles, skin, hair and
other connective tissues in many
organs and are
essential for the proper development of the brain.
The trillions of beneficial bacteria inside the gut comprise a metabolically active
organ — the largest immune
organ in the body — and are important for a variety of
essential functions, including regulating digestion, producing and metabolizing vitamins and
other trace nutrients, and protecting the body from infection.
First — why would anyone assume that a media
organ, such as WSJ, will give an honest account of the major threat to its very major advertizers (Big Oil & Big Auto) that provide an
essential portion of its revenues, beside having unparalleled influence over
other sectors» advertizers?
It's your basic «fight or flight» mode, necessary for your body to protect the heart and
other organs essential to your survival.
The
essential characteristic of this phenomenon is the postulated disruption of brain circuitry and
other organ and metabolic systems during sensitive developmental periods.