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Well Preserved DNA In Fossil Bones Discovered

...th sodium hypochlorite, which will serve to remove organic material from them. Modern contamination is also prevented through the use of sodium hypochlorite. ...

Shampoos May Give Rise To Allergies

... and seven of // them were seen to contain halogen organic compounds which may give rise to skin allergies, according to the German magazine Oeko-Test. Perfumes found in six of the shampoos could cause allergic reactions. Diethylphthalate, which can affect the natural protection mechanisms of the skin, wa...

Air pollution increases asthma in Canada

...the fumes given off by some plastics, and volatile organic compounds in solvents and other chemicals may also play a role in the development of asthma. Research scientist Teresa To at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children said that the quality of indoor air is very important as children spend about 80 per c...

Lead levels in disturbed soil post-Katrina unsafe

...(an insecticide), arsenic, and seven semi-volatile organic compounds that exceeded EPA Region VI safe levels and are on EPA's list of known or suspected human carcinogens. In all, the researchers analyzed the sediment and soil samples for 26 metals and more than 90 semi-volatile compounds. In addition to ...

Acute Toxicity Of Nano-Scale Zinc Powder: Severe Renal Damage And Anemia

...o Zn powder is used as highly reactive catalyst in organic hydrogen reaction, automobile tail gas disposal, environmental protection, paints, pigment, metallurgy additives. Although zinc is an essential metal needed by mammals and commonly found in nutritional supplements, acute, high-dose oral exposure to...

Indians are certainly having their greens and eating them too!

...o the plate.There is a variety to choose from, the organic greens, the Asian vegetables and herbs of all stripes. It is true that Indians who just want to make a plain salad are faced with bewildering choices. Freshness becomes the most vital and critical consideration when it comes to the demand. However ...

Metal In Medicines Can Fight Diseases Effectively

...made out of combination of metals like copper with organic chemicals to make drugs, these will be affecting a...l treatments. Metals can be toxic, but so can some organic molecules that are used as drugs, researchers have pointed out. Source: Newswise ...

Genetic Tests Could Become As Affordable As Blood Tests

...nds of nano-devices. These include materials, both organic and inorganic, which can be made to assemble along a pattern composed of DNA strands. Stellacci says: "In the future, one could envision using DNA just as a starting material to produce a transistor because there are published ways where you can tra...

New Treatment For Anxiety Disorders

...cians rule out the existence of physical diseases, organic cause, or psychological problems as being responsi...e does not simply take into account the mainstream organic causes of anxiety, but attempts to identify other causal factors of anxiety such as nutrient deficie...

Bone tough

...xture of mineral crystals that are suspended in an organic collagen matrix. The crystals provide 'stiffness', or skeletal rigidity, explains Professor John Currey from the University of York . The researchers used a diamond to manipulate the collagen from bone while they observed it under an atomic force mi...

Scientists Warn Against Food Borne Illnesses

...s.” “Many people thought that unpasteurized means organic or natural,” he said. It does not.Bobe recommends that proper food handling be taught as early as kindergarten and future food safety information be quantitative to help identify the relative risk of, say, a senior eating cold deli meat. However, oth...

The Benefits of Strontium in the treatment for Osteoporosis Questioned

...sed of two atoms of stable strontium combined with organic ranelic acid. The ranelic acid is a carrier that makes the treatment palatable, and the strontium is the active component with regard to the skeleton. As an alkaline earth element, strontium is similar to calcium in its absorption in the gut, incorpo...

Should we avoid energy drinks to protect our teeth?

...ugh the cola drinks may contain certain acids, the organic acids present in the energy and sports drinks are far more damaging to the dental enamel as they can breakdown calcium present in the teeth and cause tooth decay. However, the study comes as a direct contradiction to the earlier research conducted o...

Breathing Cancer Causing Compounds During Pregnancy Found To Affect Offspring

...se born near hotspots for the non-methane volatile organic compound 1,3-butadiene and carbon monoxide. Some o...ticularly engine oils), other non-methane volatile organic compounds besides 1,3-butadiene (such as benzene and benz(a)pyrene), and dioxins. Researchers concl...

Household Pollutants Found To Increase Asthma Risk

...y. Researchers found the levels of indoor volatile organic compounds were significantly higher in the homes of children with asthma. Volatile organic compounds are found in solvents, paints, floor adhesives, cleaning products, polishes, room freshene...

Biosensor chip to help drug development

...the biologic function of neurons, nerve tissue and organic neural networks. Infineon's Neuro-Chip is based on a standard complementary// metal oxide semiconductor technology extended with additional process steps to realize the capacitive sensors array. Researchers successfully demonstrated the chip by conne...

Better diabetes treatment promises Vanadium

...ffect of Bis(maltolato)oxovanadium (IV) (BMOV), an organic complex of Vanadium and Maltol, on diabetic rats. The rats were made to develop non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus by injecting a compound called streptozotocin. Reporting their findings in the Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, the scien...

More Vitamin C in organic oranges

...the conventional way.You may intuitively feel that organic produce must be better for you. Scientific evidenc... chemists at the University of Texas have analysed organic oranges alongside those grown in the usual way. // They find the organic ones contain a three times...

Chemists Discover Cation Considered Too Unstable To Exist

...e is unstable and doesn’t exist dozens of times in organic chemistry class, but, as it turns out, the molecul...ecule when trying to figure out how to make stable organic cations in the laboratory. When Lin came to Lambert with the crystal structure of a molecule other t...

Eat healthy fat

... omega-6 class. Note this isn't always the same as organic meat - which sometimes comes from animals fed from grain....

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