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Babys Poop is of Interest for Researchers

...te their significant role in health, much of their existence remains a mystery. No more than half the total number of intestinal-tract organisms are even recognized, Relman said. This study relied heavily on the use of a DNA microarray - technology that Brown helped develop in the mid-1990s. It consists of a...

Weizmann Researchers Developed Control Switch for Protein Activity

Our bodies could not maintain their existence without thousands of proteins performing myriad vital tasks within cells. Since malfunctioning proteins can cause disease , the study of protein structure and function can lead to the development of drugs and treatments for numerous disorders. Despit...

Scientists Establish Link Between Foie Gras and Disease

...as," cautioned Solomon. "Our study looked at the existence of amyloid fibrils in foie gras and showed that it could accelerate the development of AA amyloidosis in susceptible mice. Perhaps people with a family history of Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis or other amyloid-associated disease...

The Danger in Candy Cigarettes

...Dr. Klein, the corresponding author. The continued existence of these products helps promote smoking as a culturally or socially acceptable activity. While countries including the UK, Australia, and Canada currently restrict candy cigarette sales, US federal and all but one state legislative efforts at banni...

Src Inhibitors in Breast Cancer Therapy

...en ER-alpha mRNA and protein levels pointed to the existence of important post-transcriptional control of ER-alpha expression. They found that ER-alphanegative primary breast cancers and cell lines showed increased levels and/or activity of the protein Src, which cooperates with estrogen to activate ER-alpha...

Size and Position of Floral Anther Plays a Vital Role in Pollination

...en as habitat loss and climate change threaten the existence of many plants as well as their pollinators. The Floral Genome Project is a consortium of labs in the United States and abroad whose goal is to construct a database that will contain comparative data on the expression patterns for a large number of...

Scientists Find Single Circuit Channeling Depression in Rats

...f human drugs against depression -- suggesting the existence of a specific circuit for the condition. According to Deisseroth, the discovery of the single circuit for depression could lead to methods doctors could use to better diagnose and quantify the problem in their human patients. "The holy grail of p...

Ambitious Gastric Cancer Research Project Proposed in Singapore

... of smoked and salted food, lack of Vitamin C, and existence of a bacterium called Helicobactor Pylori are known to be risk factors of gastric cancer. If gastric cancer is detected at early stage, it is a curable disease. This makes understanding the nature of gastric cancer, its prevention and early detecti...

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