The monetary value of environmental goods and services
The monetary value of environmental goods and services
The project will advance the state of the art in the monetary valuation of environmental goods and services, using discrete choice experiments, contingent valuation, travel cost, hedonic pricing methods. The … Read More Read More
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The microbial ecology of ancient alpine soils
The microbial ecology of ancient alpine soils
Paleosols or “fossil soils” are soils that have not been disturbed by man’s activity for sometimes millions of years. They therefore harbour unique microbial populations that can be studied to … Read More Read More
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Uncovering the Hidden Human Milk Microbiome
Uncovering the Hidden Human Milk Microbiome
Until recently, human milk (HM) was considered to be sterile and free of microorganisms in healthy mothers. We are now beginning to understand the importance of the microbiome of HM … Read More Read More
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Akkermansia muciniphila inhibits gut pathobionts and regulates trimethylamine N-oxide metabolism in cardiovascular disease
Akkermansia muciniphila inhibits gut pathobionts and regulates trimethylamine N-oxide metabolism in cardiovascular disease
Emerging evidence suggests that dysbiosis of gut bacteria plays an important role in the onset of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and manipulating the interaction between host and gut bacteria can be … Read More Read More
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From plant and soil microflora to food quality using metagenomics and metabolomics platforms
From plant and soil microflora to food quality using metagenomics and metabolomics platforms
Soil is the foundation for agriculture and the medium in which nearly all food-producing plants grow. In soils as well as in the skin of the crops thrive a great … Read More Read More
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Diet in the prevention of chronic diseases: Really so important or overrated?
Diet in the prevention of chronic diseases: Really so important or overrated?
Is diet really so important? Critics of nutritional epidemiology have made strong claims that associations between dietary factors and chronic disease risks are driven by biases and greatly overrated. Fortunately, … Read More Read More
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The effects of gut microbiome metabolites in modulating enteroendocrine cell function and gut hormone secretion
The effects of gut microbiome metabolites in modulating enteroendocrine cell function and gut hormone secretion
Enteroendocrine cells are the most abundant endocrine cell-type in the human body. These are specialised gastrointestinal cells secreting hormones into either the circulation (for systemic actions), the extracellular space (for … Read More Read More
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Understanding the ecology and coevolution of aphids and parasitoids to improve natural biocontrol measures in field crops
Understanding the ecology and coevolution of aphids and parasitoids to improve natural biocontrol measures in field crops
Parasitoids are insects that play a fundamental ecological role in both natural and agricultural ecosystems by regulating the population of herbivore pests, such as aphids. Despite much work on the … Read More Read More
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Evaluation of natural plant based botanicals as alternative to therapeutic antibiotics
Evaluation of natural plant based botanicals as alternative to therapeutic antibiotics
It has become widely recognised that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest health threats that mankind faces, encompassing huge health and economic burdens on governments and societies in … Read More Read More
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Investigation of the mechanism of accrued resistance to Pol I inhibitors in blood cancers
Investigation of the mechanism of accrued resistance to Pol I inhibitors in blood cancers
An elevated level of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) production supports the uncontrolled growth of cancer cells and as a result they become “addicted” to abnormal level of rRNA. Consequently, cancer cells … Read More Read More
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