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Be Careful What You Touch, It can Make You Fat

...ose genes develop during your very early life also plays an important role in your propensity for obesity and disease. People who have abnormal metabolic systems have to live extremely different lifestyles in order to not be obese because their systems are malfunctioning. “ We need to figure out what we ...

Genes for Nicotine Dependence Identified

...oking. CHRNA5 is from a class of receptors that plays a role in dopamine pathways in the brain, which are linked to a person's experience of pleasure. The researchers also identified genes related to gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors, another set of proteins vital to nerve cell function. Both G...

Immunity May Be Weakened By Insecure Feeling

...d. The relationship between child and parents also plays a key role. Picardi studied the attachment pattern of women using a questionnaire and tested their blood to find out about their immune system. He found out that women with lesser attachment insecurity had a good immune system against diseases. Ho...

Pregnant? Check Your Thyroid Secretion!

...ne secreted by this gland regulates metabolism and plays a very vital role in the formation of various tissues. An over secretion of thyroid called Hyperthyroidism increases heart rate and blood pressure, causes weight loss, depression and vision problems. Whereas an under active thyroid, called hypothyr...

Action Video Games Improves Vision

... tough," says Green. "Nearly everybody on a campus plays video games." At the outset, the students were given a crowding test, which measured how well they could discern the orientation of a "T" within a crowd of other distracting symbols—a sort of electronic eye chart. Students were then divided into tw...

Newborns' Cerebral Palsy Risk Increased By Alzheimer's Gene

...y the APOE gene is produced in the brain, where it plays multiple roles, including protecting against injury. Wainwright said that the contribution of the APOE gene to susceptibility to neurologic injury might vary with age and the nature of the brain injury. "People who carry the E4 allele may not be a...

Sentry Enzyme Blocks Two Paths to Parkinson’s Diseas

...veness of chemotherapy. The finding that GST pi plays a key role in preventing Parkinson’s disease sugge...that even in the absence of MPTP the enzyme GST pi plays a critical role in preventing cell death that may occur with the natural buildup of free radicals,” ...

Lipid Plays Big Role in Embryonic Development

A little-known lipid plays a big role in helping us grow from a hollow sphere...ping brains. Now his team reports that ceramide plays a key role in establishing cell polarity by attracting proteins involved in polarity to the top of t...

Drink Red Wine to Stay Young

...d may even help stave off gum disease. Melatonin plays a key role in the body clock and has become widely used by frequent travellers to try to counteract jet leg. Source-IANS...

Ceramide Directs Stem Cells in Embryo

Ceramide, a little-known lipid plays a crucial role in shaping a hollow sphere of stem ...oping brains. Now his team reports that ceramide plays a key role in establishing cell polarity by attracting proteins involved in polarity to the top of t...

Muscle-Building Exercise Improves Response to Flu Shot

...irm that the inflammatory response to acute stress plays a key role in the immune system. Another key question is whether the immune responses measured in the latest study have clinical significance, according to Anna Marsland, Ph.D., of the University of Pittsburgh: “Is somebody better able to protect t...

How Bloods Vessels are Linked Together?

...s, the menstrual cycle and so on. However, it also plays a critical part in morbid tissue formation, such as cancer and chronic inflammatory diseases. The inhibition of morbid angiogenesis therefore has very attractive therapeutic potential for a variety of diseases. Tumours, for instance, can grow no la...

Researchers On The Path To Building Bone

...cells in the body unaffected,” Clemens said. “Pten plays an important role in the body by killing cell lines that are proliferating out of control, as in tumors.” Source-Newsise SRM...

A Protein in Brain Cells Controls Obesity: Research

...rchers report that a single protein in brain cells plays a key role in controlling body weight, response to insulin// and leptin, and energy balance. Their research findings on a protein called SH2BI and its activity in brain cells were reported in the February issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigatio...

Role of Appetite Hormone MCH in Insulin Production Revealed

...n for its role in// increasing appetite in people, plays a role in the growth of insulin-producing beta cel...ined the connection between obesity and MCH, which plays a critical role in energy balance and appetite, observing an increase in the number of beta cells wh...

Sensible Diet and Good Exercise is the Key to Lose Weight

...g muscle mass. When it comes to energy deficit, it plays a vital role in the abdominal fat, body weight and fat weight. Ravussin used this study to find out if dieting is linked to longevity of life. Though this was shown to be true in worms and dogs, human study takes a very long time to arrive at a res...

Chain-Smokers can Kick the Habit –A ‘brainy’ Iea

...ot to disrupt other activities in which the region plays a critical role. Bechara emphasizes,” The insula also carries out lots of normal everyday functions, so we would want to make sure we only interfere with functions that disrupt bad habits like smoking but not something vital like eating.” Source-...

Single Protein Plays A Major Role In Prion Diseases

A single protein plays a major role in deadly prion diseases by smashing up clusters of these infectious proteins,// creating the "seeds" that allow fatal brain illnesses to quickly spread, new Brown University research shows. The findings are exciting, researchers say,...

Role of RNA in Checking the Development of Tumors

...n offsetting the development of tumor cells. RNA plays an important and direct role in the synthesis of p...ientists has shown that one particular type of RNA plays a key role in regulating the gene implicated in control of tumour growth. The research is published ...

Lead With a Poisonous Electron Shield

...es to bind. Calmodulin, a calcium-binding protein, plays an important role in regulating and transporting the calcium cation in the human body. A calcium ion binds to seven ligands at the active centers of the enzyme. If one of the four possible calcium ions of calmodulin is replaced by lead, the lead ion ...

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