MSc Keshav Thapa’s doctoral dissertation revealed that the melanocortin 1 receptor, which is best known for its role in regulating skin and hair pigmentation, also has a critical role in in the liver’s ability to handle lipids such as cholesterol.
Faculty of Medicine Postgraduate Education Unit organizes in October-November a PGE course called "Early life exposures in relation to health: Clinical and molecular insights". Responsible teacher of the course is professor Kirsi Laitinen (Nutrition and Food Research Center).
InFLAMES (Innovation Ecosystem based on the Immune System) is a Finnish research flagship that aims at identifying novel drug targets using the most modern technological platforms and finding novel diagnostic tools to identify the patients benefitting from personalised therapies.
Researchers from the Turku PET Centre and Technical University of Munich have discovered a new mechanism controlling satiation. According to the recently published study, the hormone secretin induces satiation by activating brown adipose tissue.