Politics should consider the health of future generationsThe government should take into account the impact on future generations in all the decisions it makes. The right to a healthy and clean environment for future generations must therefore be enshrined in the Dutch Constitution. This is what more than 25 civil society and youth organisations argue in the Future Generations Manifesto, which they presented today to members of the Dutch parliament. On behalf of Amsterdam UMC, Professor Tessa Roseboom has signed this manifesto.
Presence of specific lipids indicate tissue ageing and can be decreased through exerciseScientists have discovered that a type of fat accumulates as tissue ages and that this accumulation can be reversed through exercise. Researchers from Amsterdam UMC, together with colleagues from Maastricht UMC+, analysed both mice and human tissue before and after exercise allowing them to draw this conclusion. The results are published today in Nature Aging.
Studying alcohol production in the intestines of overweight patientsThe microorganisms in the intestines of many overweight people produce alcohol to an increased extent, as Max Nieuwdorp, professor of Internal Medicine at Amsterdam UMC discovered a few years ago. Nieuwdorp has now received an ERC Advanced grant of 2.5 million euros for a major study into the underlying causes of excessive alcohol production. Ultimately, he hopes to find a way to prevent excess alcohol produced in the intestines, and thus the related diseases.
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