Sports & Genetics: What’s the Relationship?
Did you know that approximately 66% of the variance in elite athletes is explained by genetic factors? Athletes are increasingly looking to the study of genetics to optimize their training planning. You may be wondering, what is the relationship between genes and sport, and what kind of knowledge can [...]
Types of diabetes
In our body there is a constant control of the amount of glucose available to our body (blood glucose). This process is known as glucose homeostasis in which two very important hormones secreted by the pancreas are involved: insulin and glucagon. When glucose levels drop too low our body […]
Golden rice: vitamin A food
Importance of vitamin A Vitamins belong to a group of foods known as micronutrients. Although the prefix "micro" means small, it has nothing to do with its importance, but with the amount that our body needs of these nutrients. Despite speaking of low amounts required, vitamin deficiency can have serious […]
The metabolism of vitamin D
It is very likely that you have heard that vitamin D is the sunshine vitamin. From ADNTRO we want to reveal to you that it is a half-truth. It is a teamwork between our diet, our body and sunlight. First of all, we must know that there are different forms of vitamin D: Both of them are [...]
What is pharmacogenetics and what are its applications
Genomic medicine is the discipline that studies the changes in our DNA and its association with the susceptibility to developing diseases, infections, congenital malformations, etc. Within this broad field of genomic medicine disciplines, pharmacogenetics (PGx) is the branch in charge of studying changes in our DNA and associating them with […]
Benefits of direct-to-consumer genetic testing
The field of genetics is a field that is constantly growing. It was around 1996 when genetics began to leave the clinical field (BRCA test) to enter the market offering direct-to-consumer genetic tests (DTC-GT). Thanks to technological advances, each time […]
How common are rare diseases?
As we know, genes contain the information for the manufacture of all the proteins in our body. Among them, there are proteins called ubiquitin ligases, whose main function consists in the regulation of various biological processes by controlling the expression of different proteins. This mechanism is known as ubiquitination and proteins […]
Ayurveda (Part 2)
Ayurveda is the name of the traditional medicine of India. It is considered one of the oldest healing therapies (5000 years) and aims to maintain and preserve health (both physical and mental) through natural products and healthy lifestyles. Ayurveda classifies individuals into three large groups […]
The importance of sleep
The term sleep refers both to the act of sleeping and to the activity of the mind that takes place during that period of rest. It is a biological necessity that allows to restore the physical and psychological functions essential for full performance. While we sleep, a large number of activities take place such as neural reorganization, […]
Ayurveda (Part 1)
Ayurveda is the name of the traditional medicine of India. It is considered one of the oldest healing therapies (5000 years) and aims to maintain and preserve health (both physical and mental) through natural products and healthy lifestyles. Ayurveda (Ayur = Life, Veda = Science) defends that […]