Its already starting to shape up to be a great Spring for the Twin Cities, music-wise. In addition to a handful of other highly anticipated shows (Budos Band, Tune-Yards, etc) perennial favorite Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings will be performing at the State Theater on May 17th. Unfortunately this happens to be a seated show, but if the Jones shows I have been to are any indication people won’t stay seated for long. Tix should be available here shortly.
— Jon Behm
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Project LIPGENE: tackling obesity
The Irish Times March 23, 2004 LIPGENE is an ambitious five-year research effort to tackle a wide range of medical, dietary, consumer and agricultural issues associated with obesity. It will involve a consortium of 25 research laboratories across Europe, with the overall project directed by the Institute of Molecular Medicine and Department of Clinical Medicine at Trinity College, Dublin. go to website all fish oil benefits
Its focus is on a condition known as “metabolic syndrome”, a collection of conditions that help cause or are associated with obesity. An estimated 31 million EU citizens will suffer from metabolic syndrome and related complications by 2010.
Trinity’s Prof Michael Gibney and Dr Helen Roche have devised an interdisciplinary research programme that tackles metabolic syndrome from many angles, from genetic studies and plant biotechnology to engineered foods and animal husbandry. in our site all fish oil benefits
LIPGENE’s key research areas include:
– Revealing the link between diet and genes – this will involve a genomic analysis of how an individual’s genes respond to what we eat and which genes may play a role in the development of metabolic syndrome – Engineering food to make it healthier – marine fish oils are particularly healthy for humans, but fish actually acquire these oils by eating algae. Plant biotechnologists hope to transfer the algal genes responsible for these oils into the linseed plant giving fish oil benefits without the fish.
– A healthier diet from healthier cows – dairy fats are a key cause of high cholesterol. Researchers will try to reduce saturated fats in milk in several ways, by varying the cow’s diet to reduce saturated fats and by altering the “bio-flora” in its stomach, a change that should alter fat content.
– Understanding why people eat what they eat – the approach also includes studies of consumer attitudes to diet. It will assess whether people would accept modified foods as a way to alter their dietary fat intake.
