Preliminary results show that treatment of liver cells with certain bioactive molecules from citrus fruits and red vine is able to stimulate their ability to respond to circulating glucose levels. 'Specifically, the different plant matrices seem to favour the...
This year the brand returns to the WWF, with which it had collaborated for over a decade with Golia Bianca. The aim is to support the WWF Italy Oasis system, which represents an important nature conservation project - where...
Climate change, in addition to causing serious problems to natural ecosystems, infrastructure, housing, businesses and livelihoods, is having (direct and indirect) impacts on people's physical and mental health. Susan Clayton, of the Department of Psychology at the College of...
Ageing is a progressive process characterised by a decline in various physiological functions. Globally, populations of different ethnic and economic sectors are ageing faster than before. In fact, for the first time, people over 60 years have surpassed those...
Human reproduction is a complex biological process that occurs from the union of two cells or gametes, the female one, the oocyte or egg cell, and the male one, the spermatozoon (fertilisation). Fertilisation gives birth to the zygote, the...
The Canapa Contadina (the Italian for Country Hemp) will be the novelty of the year at Sana, the International Exhibition of Organic and Natural Products, held at the Bologna Exhibition Centre from today until 11th September. There are four sectors...
The discovery was made by the Department of Agricultural Food Environmental and Forestry Science and Technology (DAGRI), the Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine (DMSC) of the University of Florence and the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences...
Dementia is a heterogeneous syndrome characterised by a progressive deterioration of cognition and the ability to perform activities of daily living. Dementia also has a huge emotional, economic, and psychological impact on families and society. The last report of...
The term citrus fruit comes from the Latin 'agrumen' (sour taste). The distinctive flavour of oranges, mandarins, clementines, lemons and grapefruit is known to most people, certainly to a greater extent than their extraordinary health properties. Citrus cultivation in Basilicata...
Is it possible to guarantee a healthy diet for a future population of 10 billion people while meeting the planet's sustainability thresholds? With a publication in the prestigious journal Nature Food, Marta Tuninetti, Luca Ridolfi and Francesco Laio of the...

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