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A synthetic peptide that acts on the endocannabinoid system to fight obesity
Publicado em 07 julho 2022
An international team of researchers experimenting with the function of the endocannabinoid system has shown how it can be manipulated to fight obesity using a synthetic peptide. Studies in mice show how the treatment can prevent weight gain and prevent diabetes even on high-fat diets, and that it can convert white fat into the more desirable brown form.
The endocannabinoid system, discovered in the 1990s through studies of the effects of cannabis on the human brain, is a biological system [...]
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Even mild or moderate COVID-19 disease affects the cardiovascular system in young adults
Publicado emThe researchers followed young men and women aged 20-40 without any previous illnesses. The results show that obesity and lack of physical activity increase the impact of the disease on the autonomic nervous system. A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (UNESP) in Brazil shows that even mild and moderate SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause an imbalance in the cardiovascular system of young people without previous illnesses. The researchers also concluded that both obesity and [...]ver notícia