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  • NO, the signal to better life

    NO, the signal to better life

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    The binding results in a cellular effect, which manifests as any number of changes in that cell. Molecules that are referred to as signaling molecules include proteins, peptides, amino acids, nucleotides, steroids, retinoids, fatty acids derivatives, and even dissolved gases such as nitric oxide and carbon monoxide. Why is NO called the most important signaling molecule? Because it acts inside and outside the cell as messenger, NO mediates diverse signaling pathways in target cells and is known to play an important role in many physiological or body processes including neuronal (brain) signaling; immune response (capacity to ward off infection or protect against autoimmune illnesses, such as lupus, etc,); inflammatory response (inflammation, even when silent, is the root cause of many if not all diseases); modulation of ion channels (ions required in production of electrical impulses that enables muscles to contract, including heart muscles); phagocytic defense mechanisms (capacity to immobilize and digest harmful bacteria, fungi, and viruses); sexual arousal in both males and females, and cardiovascular homeostasis or balance. The production of NO through this pathway takes into consideration the following steps- green leafy vegetables and/or fruits like beets, pomegranates, noni fruits, etc are chewed in the mouth and as admixing is achieved, the salivary bacteria produce enzymes that split the nitrate molecules to nitrites.

  • Venerable Tecla Merlo, a woman for our time

    Venerable Tecla Merlo, a woman for our time

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    The congregation was established and had spread overseas under the watch and motherly guidance of Mother Tecla. In his Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium, Pope Francis speaks of the idea of a Church that looks outward, and ‘goes forth’ to bring the gospel to the ‘peripheries’, a concept that was not foreign to Fr. Paul that he “owed [Mother Tecla] a lot because she has enlightened and directed [him] in happy and sad circumstances, and has consoled [him] in the difficulties that have been obstacles on [his] path.” Prima Maestra (meaning First Teacher), as we Daughters of St. Surely, had she been alive today, she would have regarded the progress in digital technology and the development of artificial intelligence as a welcome challenge to go out of our comfort zones and seize the opportunity to use a new paradigm of proclaiming the gospel.

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