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Sweet corn releases antioxidants on cooking

...ly in grains, but generally in a form bound to the cell wall. Cooking sweet corn releases a lot of ferulic acid which, like other antioxidants, mops up free radicals which might otherwise damage your cells and tissues. Antioxidants, as is well-known, could play a vital role in protecting against heart dis...

Gel assists head and neck cancer

...ncers of the head and neck. Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma affects about 20,000 Americans each year...apeutic option for treating patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck."...

Jumping genes eliminate sections of DNA

...d to different positions on the genome of a single cell -- could have implications for causing disease, but some of the deletions also may be beneficial, Moran told United Press International. Haig Kazazian, chairman of the University of Pennsylvania's department of genetics and author of an accompanying...

Cell transplants for stroke

...s, the researchers have found that the bone marrow cell transplant improved functioning after stroke. Researchers in the US have been studying the ability of human bone marrow cells// - known as stromal cells - to restore function in brain-damaged rats. Animals were given injections of the cells, which ca...

Useful drug for stem cell transplant problem

...high doses of chemotherapy are given before a stem cell transplant// such as a bone marrow transplant is used for cancer treatment. But chemotherapy causes five to 50 per cent of such patients to experience a potentially fatal complication called veno-occlusive disease (VOD), which damages circulation in ...

Cleanliness might lead to Asthma

...o test for levels of endotoxin, a component of the cell wall. All of the kids lived in rural areas in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Results showed an inverse relationship between the development of asthma and allergies and the levels of endotoxin found in the bedding. Blood measures of allergic sensi...

Virus connection to cervical injury

...t 8,500 women with no history of abnormal cervical cell growth were followed for ten years. They had a cervical smear at the start and another two years later. Those who were free of HPV infection at the start were less likely to develop squamous intraepithelial lesions, which usually lead to cervical can...

Brain cells protected by new compounds

...ies of compounds that inhibit p53 in the brain. In cell and animal studies, the compounds protect the brain from damage, by keeping cells alive. For example, in a rat model of stroke, animals receiving the compounds survived far longer than those that did not. In another study, p53 inhibitors seemed to pr...

Indian Cherry: Richest Source of Vitiamin C

...it acts as a powerful anti-oxidant, which prevents cell damage that eventually leads to diseases. The West Indian Cherry is used extensively in nutritional supplements and in canning and processing industries. The ripe fruit has sour and slightly sweet taste. Apart from West Indian Cherry, other cherries...

Novel test for bowel cancer

... of a molecule called MCM2, which is indicative of cell division. It is found only in cells that are actively dividing - that is, pre-cancerous or cancerous cells. In a trial, involving both bowel cancer patients and healthy controls, 30 out of 45 in the patient group tested positive for MCM2, compared to...

Light therapy devotes new hope in advanced lung cancer

...y extends survival time in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Life expectancy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is often measured only in months, for the disease is very hard to treat, especia...

Associated therapy for multiple myeloma

...of the plasma cell, which is a type of white blood cell found in many tissues of the body. As the cancer g...ne tissue, which causes pain and crowds out normal cell production. Multiple myeloma is the second most common blood cancer in the United States. It remain...

Grape seed extract helps wound healing

...elps build new connective tissue. The human skin cell experiments revealed how the extract increased levels of a growth factor for new blood vessels, whose regeneration is essential to wound healing. Another effect noted was how grape seed extract promoted free radical production in the wounded area - a...

Need for Blood Transfusions reduced

...s and is meant to decrease the number of red blood cell transfusions. Erythropoietin, produced in the kidney, stimulates the production of red blood cells. Study was conducted at 67 centers with 1,305 patients who had been in the ICU for two days and were expected to stay there for at least two more day...

Gene connected to Multi-System disorder discovered

...splasia, has been found to be the result of faulty cell communication. This syndrome is said to affect var...ace called a "gap junction". When connexins on one cell interact with connexins on a neighboring cell, the result is a direct line of communication. The st...

Fireflies help speed development of new drugs

...olecules could also be used to monitor the various cell processes....

Bone marrow stem cells may help repair cardiac tissues

... This doctors say, could be because of regenerated cell growth. Out of the six patients who were injected with the cells, five showed improvement. The study's significance was further strengthened by the findings of a Hong Kong University team, who used a catheter to deliver the stem cells directly into ...

Resistant tumors could be treated with the discovery of a new molecule within cancer cells

...ed by the drug as non-engineered cells. In normal cell division, a cell can only divide if it has correctly shared out all its genes, ensuring each new cell receives a comp...

Stem cells - New and richer source found

...ase is hindered by the controversial nature of the cell sources. The cord matrix cells - called so, to distinguish them from cord blood cells - can be obtained in the non-invasive manner from an abundant source of tissue that is typically discarded. Researchers point out that Wharton's jelly might be a re...

Children who used anaesthesia drugs could suffer brain damage

...t brain that was examined, moderately severe brain cell death had occurred in several brain regions, including the hippocampus. The researchers also found that in both rats, those one month of age and those in their adulthood, the anaesthesia had caused significant learning and memory problems....

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