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.
You don't train during a race, but before!In the Amsterdam Skills Center, surgeons and other operators from all over the world practice their surgical skills. "The training of surgeons, both during and after their training, must be faster and more efficient," says initiator and surgeon Jaap Bonjer, during the ASC's first lustrum. The essence of the Amsterdam Skills Center is that you can practice your surgical skills 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, without the need for a patient.
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