Sentences with phrase «role in processing nutrients»

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Understanding the role of the microbes that live in the gut and help process nutrients not only promises a fuller understanding of the link between genes, diet and disease, but may also be a pathway to pinpointing the genes responsible for conditions like diabetes.

Topics of discussion regarding science for integrated management of coastal and shelf processes included natural variability of the coastal zone in space and time, experimental management, potential roles of different species, assemblages and habitats in coastal systems, effects of changing nutrient regimes, and perturbations of food - web dynamics.

Many uncultured microbes play unknown roles in regulating Earth's biogeochemical processes; everything from regulating plant health to driving nutrient cycles in both terrestrial and marine environments, processes that can impact global climate.

Hall's team investigated the role of the nutrient sensor mTORC1 in this process.

Another finding was the frequent association between nematodes and bacteria that play important roles in nutrient cycling, an essential ecological process for life on Earth.

They found that deep winter mixing, a seasonal process which carries colder and deeper, nutrient - rich water to the surface, plays the most important role in transporting iron to the surface.

While this current study primarily focused on the role of Myc and TXNIP in triple negative cancer nutrient uptake and utilization, Ayer said the proteins also appear to play a role in metastasis, the process by which cancer cells spread to other parts of the body.

EBB1 also plays a role in suppressing genes that prepare trees for dormancy in the fall and in other processes such as nutrient cycling and root growth that are critical for survival.

These organisms are important because they churn up sediments from the bottom of the ocean, a process known as «bioturbation», playing a vital role in returning nutrients to surrounding water as food for other creatures.

Lichens play an important role in ecological processes such as soil formation and nutrient cycling and serve as bioindicators of environmental toxicity.

The Sheffield team led by Dr Kurt De Vos and Dr Andy Grierson investigated the role of the C9orf72 protein in nerve cells and found it regulates the initiation of a vital process called «autophagy», which helps the cell to dispose of damaged proteins and cell parts, and recycles cell nutrients.

Decades of research has shown particular nutrients play specific roles in the neurodevelopmental process.

Instruments on the glider will provide scientists back on shore with a near - real - time view of fine - scale mixing processes in the upper ocean that play an important role in the movement of carbon, nutrients, and other chemicals through the marine system.

«Nutrient scavenging by autophagy is a process that tumors hijack to meet their energetic requirements and to provide the necessary cellular building blocks for growth in a stressed tumor micro-environment» said White, «Preclinical models have demonstrated a critical role for autophagy in multiple cancer types.»

His ADA presentation will focus on how nutrient - sensors that control the balance between energy - consuming and energy - producing processes in almost every cell in our bodies also play a very specific role in the brain.

Since insulin plays a role in providing nutrients and stimulating the muscle building process (known as protein synthesis), reduced effectiveness of this key hormone can present issues for maximising muscle growth.

Processed foods are dead because they are nearly completely devoid of essential characteristics (bacteria, enzymes, nutrients, co-factors, etc) that play important roles in helping our bodies grow and function properly.

... They allow us to digest food, to assimilate the nutrients in our food; and they play a huge role, just beginning to be understood, in our immune functioning and in many other processes in our bodies.

Referred to as a trace mineral, boron is a mineral nutrient known to play a role in several biochemical processes, primarily in the regulation of calcium and magnesium uptake and utilization.

Yet it plays an important role in our everyday living, affecting how our body metabolizes nutrients, processes food, thinks, plays, works, and sleeps.

It also supports the breakdown of food into usable energy.2 B7 plays a crucial role in processing fats, carbohydrates, and proteins.3 Without a full supply of these B vitamins, the digestive system will struggle to breakdown and utilize other nutrients.

As they are attracted to weakened bodies, the Western diet plays a role in that with its plethora of nutrient - devoid sugar and processed garbage and cereals.

[1] These nutrients play a role in many biological processes and may help prevent a number of degenerative diseases.

Some of the research on bone health and the natural nutrient composition of cow's milk is complicated by widespread fortification of cow's milk with vitamin D. (Vitamin D plays an important role in bone health, and the addition of vitamin D to cow's milk during processing might account for improved bone health.)

In addition to providing nutrients, dietary fiber plays a key role in the mechanics of the digestive procesIn addition to providing nutrients, dietary fiber plays a key role in the mechanics of the digestive procesin the mechanics of the digestive process.

There is increasing awareness of the role that nutrient - poor and processed commercial pet food diets may play in cancer.

Turkey is a rich source of nutrients including Vitamin B3 and Niacin, which plays a critical role in the processing of fats into energy in your cat's body.