Tag: Protein

  • 25 million euros in funding from Finland’s recovery and survival plan granted to local and regional research infrastructures

    25 million euros in funding from Finland’s recovery and survival plan granted to local and regional research infrastructures

    The funding was granted on the basis of Finland’s national recovery and survival plan (RRP). The plan is part Finland’s sustainable growth program, which supports ecologically, socially and economically sustainable growth. The granted funding is a total of 25 million euros. The call for applications collected a total of 103 applications. FIRI 2022: Call for…

  • Common workplace fumes, dust can increase the risk of rheumatoid arthritis

    Common workplace fumes, dust can increase the risk of rheumatoid arthritis

    Stockholm [Sweden]December 7 (ANI): According to research published online in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, daily inhalation of occupational dust and fumes from substances including fumes, gases and solvents may increase the chance of developing rheumatoid arthritis. The results also suggest that they may increase the harmful effects of smoking and vulnerability to genetic diseases.…

  • New gadget detects COVID-19 antibodies in five minutes

    New gadget detects COVID-19 antibodies in five minutes

    In search of a new diagnostic method, the team chose a material often used in metallurgy – zinc oxide – and combined it for the first time with fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass, a conductive material used in photovoltaic and other electrodes. advanced applications. “With this unusual combination and the addition of a biomolecule, the…

  • Researchers find a new way to remove microplastics from water

    Researchers find a new way to remove microplastics from water

    As Princeton’s vice dean for innovation and the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Craig Arnold collaborates with his lab to develop new materials, such as aerogels, for use in engineering. He got the idea one day while attending a faculty meeting. “I was sitting there staring at the bread in my…

  • Scientists discover protein used by the parasite and how it changes the identity of immune cells

    Scientists discover protein used by the parasite and how it changes the identity of immune cells

    Stockholm [Sweden]November 5 (ANI): Toxoplasma is a parasite that affects the majority of people worldwide. Now scientists have discovered how this tiny parasite spreads so successfully throughout the body, including to the brain. After infection, the parasite takes over immune cells. The study was led by researchers at Stockholm University and published in the scientific…

  • Scientists reveal how the parasite injects protein into the immune cell’s nucleus, changing the cell’s identity

    Scientists reveal how the parasite injects protein into the immune cell’s nucleus, changing the cell’s identity

    Stockholm [Sweden], October 31 (ANI): Majority of people on the planet are infected with the parasite Toxoplasma. Now a study led by researchers at Stockholm University shows how this small parasite spreads so successfully throughout the body, including to the brain. Immune cells are hijacked by the parasite after they become infected. The results of…

  • Patients with rare diseases fall victim to US sanctions against Iran

    Patients with rare diseases fall victim to US sanctions against Iran

    © Provided by Xinhua TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) — Even epidermolysis bullosa or EB children were “not exempt from the unilateral, illegal and cruel US sanctions,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said recently, condemning US sanctions against Iran. EB patients are often called “butterfly babies” because their skin is as fragile as a butterfly’s…

  • Blood tests may help detect who is likely to have prolonged Covid: Study

    Blood tests may help detect who is likely to have prolonged Covid: Study

    Generally, the body’s protein levels are stable. But the researchers found a dramatic difference in the levels of some proteins up to six weeks after infection, suggesting disruption of several important biological processes. Using an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm, they identified a “signature” of the abundance of various proteins that successfully predicted whether a person…

  • New treatment may increase the number of lung donors

    New treatment may increase the number of lung donors

    Grove [Sweden]September 2 (ANI): Donated lungs in large quantities cannot be transplanted. Researchers at Skåne University Hospital and Lund University in Sweden conducted an animal study that raises the possibility of using more donor lungs in the future. To determine whether the treatment will have the same beneficial effect on humans, the researchers have started…

  • Finnish schools may have to cut lunch menus

    Finnish schools may have to cut lunch menus

    Although the increase in the price of ingredients has not yet affected children’s school meals, cuts may be imminent if municipalities are unable to increase funding. Since 1948, Finland has required all elementary schools to offer students a free daily hot meal. The ingredients of a school meal make up about a third of its…

  • The study describes how COVID-19 damages the brain

    The study describes how COVID-19 damages the brain

    The authors found that the former group had reduced cortical thickness, which correlated with cognitive impairment and symptoms such as anxiety and depression. The authors analyzed brain samples from 26 people who had died of COVID-19 and found that samples taken from five of these individuals had tissue damage. Further analysis of damaged brain samples…

  • Bean product withdrawn due to listeria

    Bean product withdrawn due to listeria

    The food company Raisio has withdrawn some of its broad beans from the market – or broad bean in Finnish – the products due to the discovery of listeria bacteria. According to the Food Safety Agency, the recall concerns the 250-gram packages of Raision Beanit umami crumb products, the last date of which is August…

  • Research identifies protein that can predict future diabetes risk, cancer death

    Research identifies protein that can predict future diabetes risk, cancer death

    Washington [US]Aug 6 (ANI): New research suggests that people with elevated levels of the protein prostasin (mainly found in epithelial cells that line the body’s surfaces and organs) may be at higher risk of developing diabetes. The results were published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) The…

  • Elite Vikings wore beavers, Danish investigation confirms

    Elite Vikings wore beavers, Danish investigation confirms

    You name it, we’ve ripped it. After all, Hagrid wore a coat made of moleskin, and Cruella they wanted to make a coat out of 101 Dalmatians. Of course, for the 2021 film about the villain, actress Emma Stone wears 47 costumes, and none of them contain fur – a reflection of how the world…

  • COVID-19 booster vaccine useful for lupus patients: Study

    COVID-19 booster vaccine useful for lupus patients: Study

    Researchers say the discovery should offer comfort to the more than 200,000 Americans who suffer from SLE, a disease in which the body’s immune system involuntarily targets its own healthy tissues, particularly the joints and skin. They are more susceptible to infections such as SARS-CoV-2 when they take immunosuppressive drugs such as steroids, which are…

  • Finland may face a new wave of coronavirus infections before autumn

    Finland may face a new wave of coronavirus infections before autumn

    Lasse LehtonenThe director of HUS’s Diagnostic Center tweeted yesterday that 42.2 percent of the laboratory tests analyzed at the center came back positive in the first week of July. Up to 88 percent of those were caused by either BA.5 or BA.4, both of which are highly contagious and have caused spikes around the world.…

  • Plant-based hamburger ad for “human flesh” wins award

    Plant-based hamburger ad for “human flesh” wins award

    A Swedish food brand has debuted a patty that they claim tastes like humans An ad for a plant-based burger flavored to mimic human flesh won an award at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity last week – although it is unclear who could judge the vegan patty’s resemblance to the real thing. Swedish vegan…

  • Herbal hamburger ad for human flesh wins award

    Herbal hamburger ad for human flesh wins award

    A Swedish food brand has debuted a patty that they claim tastes like humans An ad for a plant-based burger flavored to mimic human flesh won an award at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity last week – although it is unclear who could judge the vegan patty’s resemblance to the real thing. Swedish vegan…

  • Science Round-Up: Small glaciers that have a big impact, study claims

    Science Round-Up: Small glaciers that have a big impact, study claims

    A new study led by DTU Space has shown that the melting of small glaciers in northern Greenland has increased by 55 percent over the past two decades. These small glaciers make up only 4 per cent of Greenland’s ice-covered areas, but are responsible for as much as 11 per cent of the total ice…

  • Researchers are finding a link between food, eye health and life expectancy

    Researchers are finding a link between food, eye health and life expectancy

    Previous studies have shown in humans that there is a link between eye disease and poor health. “Our research argues that it’s more than a correlation: eye dysfunction can actually cause problems in other tissues,” said a senior author and professor at the Buck Institute. Pankaj Kapahi, A PhD by a laboratory for years, has…

  • Business Round-Up: Weekend work on the rise – especially among the self-employed and young people

    Business Round-Up: Weekend work on the rise – especially among the self-employed and young people

    The self-employed work more on the weekends, according to figures from the Labor Force Survey, the labor force survey. They reveal that 41 percent worked regularly Saturday and Sunday in the first quarter of 2022 compared to 30 percent in the same period last year. In 2019 and 2020, the figure was 35 percent. Difference…

  • Luke: The food costs of Finnish households will rise by more than € 500 due to price increases

    Luke: The food costs of Finnish households will rise by more than € 500 due to price increases

    Food expenditure accounted for 12.5 per cent of household consumption in 2021. Coffee, fish and vegetables have pushed up food prices in the early part of the year. For example, coffee cost about a third more in February 2022 than in February 2021. Luke said last week that it expects the rise in food prices…

  • Wednesday’s magazines: NATO hurdles, protein from the air and aging icebreakers

    Wednesday’s magazines: NATO hurdles, protein from the air and aging icebreakers

    Turkey’s roadblock to Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership have been in the news all week. Diplomats from the two Nordic countries are expected to meet with a Turkish delegation in Ankara to discuss Turkey’s concerns and demands on Wednesday. However, Turkey is not necessarily the only obstacle to Finland’s and Sweden’s accession to NATO. According…

  • Luke: The grocery bill for the average household will rise by 500 euros this year

    Luke: The grocery bill for the average household will rise by 500 euros this year

    The projected rise in the prices of cereals, meat and dairy products could cause the average household’s grocery bills to rise by as much as 500 euros this year, according to a report by the Natural Resources Center (Luke). In a press release issued Tuesday morning, the institute said the average price of food is…

  • The study sheds light on the duration of the immune response to COVID-19

    The study sheds light on the duration of the immune response to COVID-19

    Long-term observational studies (studies using continuous or repeated measures to monitor specific individuals over time) are necessary to address important questions about the persistence and efficacy of immune responses to SARS-CoV-2. Often, individual cohorts have limited longitudinal data or number of participants to draw robust conclusions. To overcome these limitations, harmonized but independent cohorts –…

  • Mushroom-based meat alternatives that help save the earth’s forests

    Potsdam [Germany]May 4 (ANI): Replacing only one-fifth of beef from microbial protein, a meat alternative produced in fermentation tanks, by 2050 could halve deforestation. This new analysis by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) has been published in Nature. The ready-to-market meat alternative is very similar in taste and texture, but is a…

  • Genetic differences can affect the ability to utilize the energy of different nutrients: Research

    Genetic differences can affect the ability to utilize the energy of different nutrients: Research

    The study showed how nutrition planning based on genetic information could contribute to the development of individual health nutrition. Australian, Danish and Finnish researchers found in an international collaborative study how individuals in the same population differ in their ability to cope with different diets. The researchers used a genetic control panel consisting of about…

  • Tuesday’s leaves: tears at the gas pump, food options and an unnamed NHL star

    Tuesday’s leaves: tears at the gas pump, food options and an unnamed NHL star

    The rise in fuel prices has been difficult for many to deal with. In rural Finland, where distances are greater and services are fewer, people have suffered the most. On Tuesday, Helsingin Sanomat has a mass sent song look at the impact on people’s daily lives, and it’s a sad read. "Driving is as minimal…

  • Counterfeit meat does not save the planet – Experts

    Counterfeit meat does not save the planet – Experts

    After what is expected to be overwhelming proof IPCC (April 4) on the need to fundamentally change food systems to combat climate change, the report said IPES food (International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems) warns of the risk of crashing into meat for technical repairs. Technologies such as cultivated and counterfeit meat, plant-based…

  • Sweden allows the use of a new drug to prevent covid-19

    STOCKHOLM, March 29 (Xinhua) – A new COVID-19 prophylactic agent from AstraZeneca has been approved for use in Sweden, the country’s Medicines Agency for Xinhua confirmed on Tuesday. Evusheld has recently been licensed for prescription to individuals who, due to underlying medical conditions, have not developed adequate protection against covid-19 despite being vaccinated. The drug…

  • Function: Reopening increases the risk of re-infection of covid-19 in Sweden

    by Patrick Ekstrand, Fu Yiming, He Miao STOCKHOLM, February 23 (Xinhua) – “I coughed, was nauseous and had a headache. My whole body ached”, said a Swedish man who was recently diagnosed with covid-19 for the fourth time despite being completely vaccinated for Xinhua. “At the beginning of this month, I became ill again,” he…

  • RNA molecules control the repair of human DNA in cancer cells: Study

    RNA molecules control the repair of human DNA in cancer cells: Study

    Solna [Sweden], February 23 (ANI): It has long been believed that RNA molecules, which are the basic molecules found in all living organisms, only participated in protein synthesis. However, a recent study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden showed how certain RNA molecules controlled the repair of damaged DNA in cancer cells, a discovery that in…

  • Science Round-Up: How Space Technology Could Help Detect Breast Cancer

    Science Round-Up: How Space Technology Could Help Detect Breast Cancer

    It may not be obvious what connects a violent collision between two distant neutron stars far out in the universe and a small lump of cancer in a human’s breast. But Irfan Kuvvetli, senior researcher at DTU Space, has invented something that could help discover them both. He argues that it makes it easier to…