Philip C. Calder

TL;DR: The anti-inflammatory and inflammation-resolving effects of EPA and DHA are relevant to both prevention and treatment of human diseases that have an inflammatory component.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated whether supplementation with low dose fish oil (FO), providing n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy after surgical tumor (mainly gastrointestinal) removal is able to improve the function of blood neutrophils.

TL;DR: This issue of the BJN provides a glimpse of how fast this field has moved and serves to underscore the recent realization in human nutrition that the quality of the fat supply in terms of the parent n-6 and n-3 essential fatty acids as well as their longer chain, more unsaturated derivatives arachidonic, eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids plays a vital role in human growth and disease.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that perinatal methylation at loci relevant to gene function may be a robust marker of later adiposity, providing substantial support for epigenetic processes in mediating long-term consequences of early life environment on human health.

TL;DR: Findings indicate that, while most human adipose depots differ little in fatty acid composition, some sites, in particular the calf, perirenal, trapezius and mesenteric depots, have site-specific properties.