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The normal functioning of human body requires a steady flow of energy. This energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is produced by breaking down carbon sources like glucose, lipids, or amino acids. The tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, one of the most important ATP-producing processes in the mitochondria, is a major hub of metabolites and is known for ensuring a fine balance between its cyclic intermediates, referred to as the 'metabolic flux.' There is a general consensus that this metabolic flux is impaired in heart-related disorders. A common example is myocardial ischemia (MI), a condition in which blood flow...

A second Russian Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane was shot down near Bila Tserkva, 50 miles (85 kilometers) south of Kyiv, according to two American officials with direct knowledge of conditions on the ground in Ukraine.

Twitter is taking aggressive measures to provide clear and factual information on its platform in Russia and Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a war against his neighboring nation on Thursday. “We’re temporarily pausing advertisements in Ukraine and Russia to ensure critical public safety information is elevated and ads don’t detract from it,” the social media company said Friday. Twitter also ran a list of precautions it was taking to stop misinformation from spreading as Putin’s troops spread their offensive into Ukraine cities. “Our top priority is keeping people on Twitter safe,” the social media giant said. “We’re actively monitoring...

An opinion poll released on Wednesday, February 23rd by the firm Electomania has populist party VOX in second place with 23 per cent, just four percentage points behind the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), and well ahead of the People’s Party (PP) which scored just 17 per cent in the poll. The poll shows that if an election were called, VOX would likely win as many as 92 seats in the Spanish parliament, nearly doubling its current number of seats, which stands at 52. Earlier this month, VOX polled ahead of the PP to become the second-largest political force...

The warnings began early on the morning of February 25th. Russian special forces were in Kyiv, the authorities said, and they were trying to seize power. Some of the visitors might even have acquired Ukrainian military vehicles; others could be pretending to be international observers. In Podil, a historic neighbourhood in the centre of the city, where the sound of church bells was periodically interrupted by explosions and gunfire, Ukrainian forces opened fire on two military vehicles believed to be Russian. Whether they were the enemy or not is debatable. The bullet-pierced windows and the pools of blood were not....

Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) said Friday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” that “at the invitation of Ukraine” we should declare Ukraine a no-fly zone “enforced by NATO and the United States.” Kinzinger said, “The Ukrainian people are fighting much harder than I think Putin expected. But they will be outmatched and outgunned ultimately by somebody that is very willing to lose his own troops, and he doesn’t care, Vladimir Putin.”

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Friday on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” that former President Donald Trump was “despicable” for praising Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Schumer said, “Putin will come to regret this. Look, he is a bully. He is a thug. He has a monomaniacal desire to restore the Soviet Empire. But he will ultimately fail.”

BEIJING, CHINA — China’s customs agency on Feb. 24 approved imports of wheat from all regions of Russia, the Associated Press reported. This move gives Russian President Vladmir Putin an alternative to Western markets that might be closed under sanctions. Russia, one of the largest wheat producers, has not exported to China before now due to concern about possible fungus and other contamination, the AP said. On Thursday, China’s customs agency approved imports of wheat from all regions of Russia, giving Putin an alternative to Western markets that might be closed under possible sanctions. Russia is one of the world’s...

Ukraine's armed forces were engaged in a fierce battle for Kyiv on Friday night, with footage on social media showing explosions close to a metro station in the western center of the capital by the zoo; a battle ongoing for control of a thermal power plant to the north; and multiple reports suggesting fierce fighting 20 miles south, near a vital airbase. In Kyiv, footage shared on social media showed a bombardment close to Beresteiska metro station, in the west of the city, which is near the zoo. More than 50 explosions and heavy machine gun fire have been reported...

One of the best, most realistic assessments of the Russia - Ukranian battle on the internet. The video is an hour in length but ten minutes will tell you how this is likely to end, what to expect from China, and how absolutely bad we (the U.S.) have botched this from the get-go. Our inept leaders are making themselves totally irrelevant -- and fast.

Address by the President of the Russian Federation – February 24, 2022 18024 ViewsFebruary 24, 2022 55 Comments President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Citizens of Russia, friends, I consider it necessary today to speak again about the tragic events in Donbass and the key aspects of ensuring the security of Russia. I will begin with what I said in my address on February 21, 2022. I spoke about our biggest concerns and worries, and about the fundamental threats which irresponsible Western politicians created for Russia consistently, rudely and unceremoniously from year to year. I am referring to the eastward expansion...

Join with fellow FREEPERS across the world to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, Technology, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. (1 Timothy 2:1-2) THE SOLUTION TO A WORLD CRISIS? THERE IS NONE, APART FROM THE LORD JESUS CHRIST!

Protests are planned Saturday across Australia with continuing opposition to vaccine passports, vaccine mandates and other restrictive and discriminatory COVID policies. The Freedom Camp or Freedom Village in New Zealand's capital Wellington is now approaching its third week anniversary... Saturday New Zealand Protests Nationwide Protests Call For COVID Mandates To End And video of the protest in Auckland, New Zealand the protesters used part of the Harbour Bridge and crossed it everything fine folks... Protesters in Auckland had a number of signs: End Mandates Stop Vax Apartheid No Discrimination... Swelling Protest Numbers In Wellington, Tensions With Police... The Australian Protests...

Scientific evidence from Pfizer, presented to the Australian government, confirming the possible entry of the spike protein into the cell nuclei. We analyzed the remainder of the document information capturing the cell studies and animal studies prior to vaccines being approved, and discuss the limitations the Australian authorities were pointing towards. Youtube here: Spike protein in nucleus "NEWS" - COVID-19 vaccines update 32

As Russian forces advance on Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, people all over the country are being urged by officials — and sometimes compelled by necessity — to fight back in whatever ways they can. The country’s former president is patrolling the city streets with a civilian defense force, armed with an AK-47. Civilians have been called to find their own weapons and make molotov cocktails — a type of crude, homemade explosive named, mockingly, after a former Soviet foreign minister. Roughly 18,000 weapons have already been distributed in the Kyiv region, according to the government. At the country’s borders, Ukrainian guards...

U.S. lawmakers concerned about human rights in China, and their supporters, need to be exceedingly clear that their quarrel is with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and not with the people of China, said Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.). The many human rights abuses in China, involving myriad issues such as forced labor camps, concentration camps, organ harvesting, disappearances, and extrajudicial killings, are urgent issues that call for concerted action, but Perry said that all too often, “China” is identified as the culprit in discussions of these matters, rather than the CCP. “I think you always have to make the distinction....

Biden, 2019: "Imagine what can happen in Ukraine" if Trump is reelected. (VIDEO AT LINK)

The woman who was kicked down the stairs at a New York City subway station and bashed in the head with a hammer has been identified as 58-year-old Dr Nina Rothschild, a scientist with the city's Department of Health. Sickening surveillance video shows a robber kicking her down the steps and bashing her in the head repeatedly with a hammer, fracturing her skull days after Mayor Eric Adams vowed to crack down on violence in the transit system. Rothschild's brother, Gerson, is also a scientist in Upper Manhattan at Columbia University and managed to speak with his sister on Friday...

Live, intensive gunfire can be heard from the center of Kyiv. The camera is stationary, but turn up the volume to hear the gunfire.

A video which apparently shows a Ukrainian man attempting to block a Russian military convoy has gone viral online, with comparisons being drawn to the “tank man” of Tiananmen Square. Ukrainian servicemen ride on tanks towards the frontline in The 30-second clip, shared by Ukrainian news outlet HB, shows a man standing in front of what appear to be military vehicles. As the vehicles try to swerve around him, the man jockeys to the side, seemingly in an attempt to the Lugansk region of Ukraine on 25 February. Russian forces tighten hold on Kyiv in attempt to topple government “Ukrainian...