Sentences with phrase «through altering its metabolism»

As a result, the body prioritizes conserving fat and energy through altering its metabolism and fat - storing hormones.

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But the terpenes only contribute to the aroma if they are in a free state, as Prof. Wilfried Schwab from TUM's Biotechnology of Natural Products program explains: «Terpenes are biochemically altered in the metabolism of plants — usually through the attachment of sugars, or glycosylation.

Thus, Haber muses, altered cancer metabolism is not just about energy supply, but also directly affects gene expression through regulating chromatin, and that «closes the loop» between metabolism and genetics — but still poses the chicken - or - the - egg problem of which came first.

In addition, the DHA and EPA found in fish oil have a powerful ability to enhance the metabolism and increase fat burning by positively altering the gene functioning through various mechanisms which include changing the makeup of cell membranes, altering the transcription of genes and influencing the levels of calcium within the cells.

The liver's role is to take harmful chemicals, and by - products of metabolism from the bloodstream then alter them into safer substances to be excreted through the organs of elimination.

These findings indicate that type II muscle has a previously unappreciated role in regulating whole - body metabolism through its ability to alter the metabolic properties of remote tissues.

Evidence from animal studies has suggested that PFASs may be involved in altering energy metabolism and thyroid hormone homeostasis [15 — 17], likely through the activation of various transcriptional factors, such as the peroxisome proliferator - activated receptors (PPARs)[18 — 20].

Through advances in genetic, robotic, information and nanotechnologies, we are altering our minds, our memories, our metabolisms, our personalities, our progeny - and perhaps our very souls.