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When the Consequences of Sweeteners Are Not Sweet

April 15, 2019

Coke, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Sprite, Sunkist, Mountain Dew, Sunny D, Brisk, Fanta, Kuat, Capri Sun and others — what do these drinks have in common? They’re all sugar-sweetened beverages. Sugar-sweetened beverages, or sugary drinks, are composed of any liquid sweetened with one or more forms of sugars, and they are the main source of added […]

Yazmin Rovira Gonzalez ⋅ Perspectives in Research colorectal cancer, fructose, glucose, sugar ⋅

Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer via MicroRNAs

March 16, 2015

Since their discovery in the early 1990s and 2000s, microRNAs have been implicated in a variety of human conditions. Most recently, however, microRNAs are being scrutinized under a different light: not as causative agents in human diseases, but rather as potential guides for cancer detection. The microRNA is a short nucleotide sequence, usually 21 to […]