Researchers from Nofima Marine in Norway have discovered valuable knowledge from studying the stem cells in fish.
It is now known that they can influence the development and health of fish based on which nutrients are given to the stem cells.
After studying stem cells in Salmon for ten years, Nofima Marine have discovered that cells perform a greater variety of functions than was previously believed.
Genome Atlantic, a not-for-profit organisation, has received $3 million from ACOA’s Atlantic Innovation Fund to solve the aquaculture industry’s challenge of early maturation in cod.
Early maturation can account for significant financial losses due to increased production time and decreased product quality.
What makes this project different is combined expertise.
The new C-ADAP3T project (Comparative Assessment of Diploid & Polyploid Physiology & Production Traits) will use genomics and selective breeding to develop sterile production fish to overcome the early maturation barrier.
Genome Atlantic led the development of this project, and will manage its overall progress.
The research component will be conducted with the region’s leading genomics and aquaculture researchers and resources from Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s St. Andrews Biological Station, Memorial University Ocean Sciences Centre, Cooke Aquaculture, the Huntsman Marine Science Centre, University of New Brunswick and University of Guelph.
The news article can be viewed here.
Here is a new published study showing that taking fish oil can reduce the risk of death in patients with heart failure. An Italian study showing the benefits of fish oil was just published in the Lancet (a prestigious medical journal). This study also showed that heart patients who take fish oil are less likely to be hospitalized.
The results show that those given the fish oil were 9% less likely to die during that 4 year period. The difference went from 9% to 14% when researchers examined the 5,000 patients who took the capsules once a day as directed (I think this means some patients didn’t take their medicine as directed). The number of those admitted to hospital for arrhythmias fell by 28% during the same period.
Luigi Tavazzi of the National Association of Hospital Cardiologists (Italy) said ”Our study shows that the long-term administration of one gram per day of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid was effective in reducing both all-cause mortality and admissions to hospital for cardiovascular reasons.
More information can be found at: http://stem-cell-therapy.blogspot.com/2008/09/fish-oil-can-help-congestive-heart.html
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