While 38.45 kg carbon dioxide equivalent per procedure may seem relatively small, the cumulative impact of numerous procedures performed globally could be substantial
We found that specific nanoparticles - titanium dioxide and silicon dioxide - ordinarily used in food may negatively affect intestinal functionality," said senior author Elad Tako, associate professor of food science at Cornell.
The researchers from University of Illinois (UI) found that the gut hormone FGF15 in mice and its human counterpart FGF19 turn off fat-producing genes in the liver.