Calcium-rich dairy matrix protects better than mineral calcium against colonic luminal haem-induced alterations in male rats.

The haemoglobin content in meat is consistently associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer, whereas calcium may play a role as a chemopreventive agent. Using rodent models, calcium salts have been shown to prevent the promotion of haem-induced and red meat-induced colorectal carcinogenesis by limiting the bioavailability of the gut luminal haem iron. Therefore, this study aimed to compare impacts of dietary calcium provided as calcium salts or dairy matrix on gut homoeostasis perturbations by high haeminic or non-haeminic iron intakes.

Visualizing a joint future of neuroscience and neuromorphic engineering.

Recent research resolves the challenging problem of building biophysically plausible spiking neural models that are also capable of complex information processing. This advance creates new opportunities in neuroscience and neuromorphic engineering, which we discussed at an online focus meeting.