Crossover in Biological News

Two dietary oils, two sets of benefits for older women with diabetes

... period began. The supplements were contained in eight pills; the women took two pills four times per day, at meals and bedtime. "The power of the crossover is that it tells you the different effects of the dietary oils in the same woman," Belury said. The daily supplementation contained 6.4 grams of ...

Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation awards $191,000 in grants

... Medical Center, "Biochemical Markers of Recurrence of Fibroids," Washington, D.C.; Waleed Brinjikji, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., "Analysis of crossover and Blinding in the Investigational Vertebroplasty Efficacy and Safety Trial (INVEST)"; Valentin Lance, "Radiologic and Microarray (Radiogenomic) ...

The dark chocolate version of Father Christmas is most filling

... appetite and subsequent calorie intake, 16 young and healthy men of normal weight who all liked both dark and milk chocolate took part in a so-called crossover experiment. This meant that they reported for two separate sessions, the first time testing the dark chocolate, and the second time the milk ...

Researchers study how pistachios may improve heart health

... recipient, currently a post-doctoral research associate, USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center. The researchers conducted a randomized, crossover design, controlled feeding experiment to test the effects of pistachios added to a heart healthy moderate-fat diet on cardiovascular disease risk ...

Zooming in on genetic shuffling

... proximity. The fundamental principles of recombination are likely to be shared between yeast and humans. "Our map expands our understanding of crossover and provides a wealth of new information about non-crossovers and gene conversion. It will act as a reference for future research into ...

Science and technology take center stage this election year

... College of Engineering, American Electric Power, GE Multilin, Gothia Power AB, Sweden, PECO and Quanta Services. 9:00 AM-12:30 PM The BCS-BEC crossover in Cold Atoms at the University of Pennsylvania, Carolyn Lynch Lecture Hall a symposium honoring 2008 Benjamin Franklin Medalist in Physics, Dr. ...

Pistachios lower cholesterol, provide antioxidants

... Penn State, to attendees at the Experimental Biology meeting today (April 30) in Washington, D.C. The researchers conducted a randomized, crossover design, controlled feeding experiment to test the effects of pistachios added to a heart healthy moderate-fat diet on cardiovascular disease risk ...

Scripps research study shows humans and plants share common regulatory pathway

... for pathogen resistance in plants through regulation of expression and activities of some R proteins Although there is a significant genetic crossover between plants and mammals, very little is known about this common human-plant regulatory pathway. Ulevitch speculated that certain protein ...

With fruit fly sex, researchers find mind-body connection

... and boosting female receptivity. Fruitless and doublesex act together, as a switch system, to affect this sexual behavior. "The big story is the crossover between the 'mind' and 'body' pathways," McKeown said. "If sexual behaviors are genetically controlled in humans, I expect that this system would be ...

Negative effects of caffeine are stronger on daytime sleep than on nocturnal sleep

... daytime." Thirty-four moderate caffeine consumers participated in both caffeine (200 mg) and placebo (lactose) conditions in a double-blind crossover design. Seventeen subjects followed their habitual sleep–wake cycle and slept in the laboratory during the night (Night), while 17 subjects were ...

Phenolic compounds may explain Mediterranean diet benefits

... about whether olive oil benefits or impairs blood vessel health. "One of the beauties of this study is that using a randomized, sequential, crossover study, so that the same patients were exposed to the same oil, once with low phenolic content and the other with high phenolic content, the only ...