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In vitro and in vivo methodologies were employed to investigate ocular drug metabolism across species and ocular tissues.

12 weeks of HIIT without dietary changes and weight loss ameliorated the metabolic effects of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease on a whole-body level.

A link has been found between Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and liver diseases in Finland. Humans are exposed to these environmental pollutants mainly through food, such as fish, fruit, and meat and dairy products.

Tetsuya Terasaki has opened a new research field of pharmacoproteomics, which is expected to play an important role in the progress of the pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences in the next decade.

Hanken School of Economics, the University of Turku and the University of Vaasa to join the Finnish universities’ partner network offering doctoral courses.

Boosting virtual screening with machine learning allowed for a 10-fold time reduction in the processing of 1.56 billion drug-like molecules.

Scientific research offers different perspectives to the fruit – here’s how experts of biology, nutrition, history and theology approach the essence of an apple.

Adding resistant starch in the diet could slow down the progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by altering gut microbiota composition, a new study shows.

Even short-term exposure to ultra-fine particles at relatively low doses can lead to elevated cytokine levels, alter the expression of brain membrane drug transporter proteins, and affect gene expression in the olfactory bulb.

International students need employment that corresponds to their education, as well as integration into Finnish society, said Rector Jukka Mönkkönen in the university’s Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2023–2023.