(1)--alpha-linolenic acid (ALA),
(2)-eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)
(3)-docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)
In my earlier blog, I wrote about the use of nanoparticles in the field of Pharmaceutical will happen in the near future. But I didn’t expect it to happen so fast. Thanks to Dr.Chandra Sharma (of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science & Technology,
The animal experiments demonstrated that the nanoparticles enter the bloodstream and end up in organs such as the liver and kidney and in diabetic pigs showed the pill containing the nanoparticles led to control of blood glucose after eating. Though the results are encouraging in the animal models, have to be established in human beings and also most importantly the impact of nanoparticles in human beings has to be studied thoroughly, so that a concrete and conclusive evidence will happen in the coming days. I hope this will research will open flood gate for other drugs with nanoparticles coating. More....
Blood samples taken from patients attending an obesity clinic were tested for antibodies to Adenovirus-36 and it was found that 20% of the patients had encountered the virus at some point and were significantly heavier than their antibody negative counterparts.
Other research showed that obese people were nearly three times more likely to have the virus than a non-obese person and even amongst the non-obese group, those with the virus were heavier than average. Dr. Dhurandhar explain his conclusion in the following lines : virus goes to the lungs and spreads to various organs such as the liver, kidney, brain and fat tissue and the Adenovirus-36 virus reaches the fat tissue it replicates making more copies of itself and in the process increases the number of fat cells and this may explain why people gain weight when infected with the virus. The virus lingers for up to three months, during which time it multiplies fat and is contagious to others and is possibly encountered in early chilhood. Though many Obesity experts, say the virus is not the reason why there is a major epidemic of obesity but may be instead a small contributing factor and all avenues must be explored but the basic message remains that people need to eat less and exercise more. Any way something interesting and if it happens to be proven one more SERENDIPITY to the existing truths.....