Research in fruit flies suggests a new mechanism explaining how diet may affect cancer, obesity and adaptations to malnutrition
New research from the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre suggests that nutrients in the diet may play a role in changing the architecture of blood vessels in the gut and other organs. The study, in fruit flies, found that small changes in their diet alter the nerve signalling that guides branching of new oxygen-delivering tubules – a process reminiscent of adaptive angiogenesis.
January 17, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: architecture, blood-vessels, centre, clinical, diet, from-the-mrc, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, small-changes, the-diet
