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Scientists Find Rice Gene for Grain Size and Yield

...ntists have identified and cloned a rice gene that influences rice grain weight and yield, which could help scientists develop// higher yielding varieties of the world's most important food crop. Little is known about the genetic mechanisms that determine yield and seed weight in plants, despite tremendous e...

Timing – Crucial for Asthma Drugs to Wor

...Body rhythms, also called as the circadian rhythms influences allergy and asthma. "Taking your allergy medication at night assures that it will be circulating in your blood stream when you most need it, early the next morning," Martin said. Asthma symptoms, could reach a crescendo at about 4 a.m. Patients su...

Poor Diet Puts Teenagers' Health at Risk

... which is currently underway, will explore the key influences on teenager’s eating habits, and will be crucial to inform efforts to promote healthy eating in this group," he said. Source-EurekalertBR>SRM/V...

Deficiency in Vitamin D Increases the Risk of Cancer

...pothesis that aggressive vitamin D supplementation influences cancer risk, RPCI recently initiated a clinical trial of high-dose calcitriol (vitamin D) replacement in individuals with high risk of lung cancer in whom serial LIFE bronchoscopy and bronchial biopsies will be done. Preclinical studies demonstrat...

To Remember Or Not - Brain Protein CREB Calls The Shots

... store them."We discovered that the amount of CREB influences whether or not the brain stores a memory. If a cell is low in CREB, it is less likely to keep a memory. If the cell is high in CREB, it is more likely to store the memory”, said Silva. Accordingly, these findings may help improvement treatment. "B...

Scientists Identify Critical Gene Factor in Heart Development

...ital heart defect. They also found that miR-1-2 influences electrical conduction of the heart, which is what regulates the heart beat. Defects in the heart rhythm frequently cause sudden death in humans and are the reason for pacemakers and defibrillators. Loss of miR-1-2 also caused a breakdown of the co...

Women More Vulnerable to Multiple Sclerosis, Research Shows

...r says. Some believe that environmental or viral influences early in life trigger the disease in people who are genetically predisposed toward getting it. Though there are many theories about what these triggers are, there is no proof that any of them cause multiple sclerosis. "We have to ask ourselves, 'W...

Study Focus on Environmental Hazards Posed by IT Scraps

... of which damage the environment. User behaviour influences energy consumption. "That's why you should always activate the energy saver functions," recommends Mona Finder from Dena. This might turn the monitor off when the computer is not in use, for example. Animated screen savers are fossils from an earlier...

Spouse may "drive You to Drink" but also can Protect You from Alcohol

...by both genetic and environmental factors. Genetic influences explain about half of the variance in a person's total risk for alcohol dependence. The other half of an individual's risk for alcohol dependence comes from environmental factors — such things as employment, interests, friends and family. "There's ...

Lizard Mothers Dress Their Progeny to Ensure Success in Later Life

...rcumstances their progeny will encounter. Maternal influences like this probably occur in many species, but are ... of an interaction between genes and environmental influences on traits,' Lancaster said. 'Females provide an estradiol-rich prenatal environment to their entire ...

Women Choose Their Men With Their Fathers Resemblance

...d clothing were not visible, removing any external influences which could potentially skew results. The male stimulis facial measurements were taken and compared with each daughters fathers measurements, so that the researchers knew which faces correlated most closely with the fathers faces. The daughters wer...

Anti-smoking Ads at the Movies Doesnt Make Any Impact on Smokers

...can help to immunise young non-smokers against the influences of film stars smoking, the BMJ quoted them, as stating. In fact, the researchers warn that anti-smoking campaign just might have the opposite effect on smokers, making them more determined to keep up the habit. The finding that a higher proportio...

New Developments in Rheumatoid Arthritis

...esenting related studies on biomarkers and genetic influences on drug response at the same meeting. Identifyin...he cellular pathway, it has been shown that PTPN22 influences the trigger point for activation of T-cells, immune cells that are normally called on to wage battle...

Soot-infused Snow Responsible for Arctic Warming: Study

...o 94 percent of the observed change. Other human influences on Arctic climate change are particles in the atmosphere, including soot; clouds; and land use. According to the researchers, humans create the majority of airborne soot through industry and fuel combustion, while forest and open-field fires account ...

Study Finds No Correlation Between Number of Pills and Adherence to It

...ays Brixner. "Data like these demonstrate that the influences on adherence are multi-factorial, and therefore it is a critical topic for all involved in the healthcare process to bring up to patients who take medication long-term."...

Both Alcohol and Neighborhood Characteristics can Affect Intimate Partner Violence

... gender differences in terms of how a neighborhood influences the relationship between drinking and violence suggests that, indeed, alcohol and intoxication have different effects on men versus women in terms of IPV." Cunradi plans to continue with her research, collecting data on drinking and other factors f...

Is Presumed Consent the Answer to Organ Shortages?

...gan donation, and increasing our knowledge of what influences donation rates are also important. Finally, meeting the demand for organs may require not only increasing organ supply but also optimizing disease prevention and recipient selection, she adds. Given the multifactorial nature of the problem, pres...

Drink, Binge and the Genetic Link

...r an individuals vulnerability to alcohol and also influences associated habits such as addiction, problem behavior, anxiety or depression. It was observed with perplexity that persons who were of East Asian origin became flushed on consuming alcohol. This was attributed to an elevated level of aldehyde , a ...

Regular Smokers are at the Risk of Developing Depression

...t was possible to explore potential shared genetic influences underlying the association. The results suggest that first, persistent chronic cigarette smoking predicts depressive symptoms. However, when adjusted for other factors associated with depression, the elevated risk of persistent smoking remained sig...

Spirituality And Health

...rk, and a healthier lifestyle are just some of the influences arising from religious belief. All of these factors influence health in ways that are increasingly being understood through the field of psychosomatic medicine. Prof Koenig also says the use of the word spirituality rather than religion is impo...

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