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African amphibians make extreme parental sacrifice: The skin off their backs

...tching parental care, in which the mother provides nutrition to her hatchlings via her skin, has never been see... fishes are known to provide their hatchlings with nutrition through skin secretions, but this does not include skin feeding." Earlier observations of another s...

Research updates 65-year-old genetic discovery

...ow having particular bitter-taste receptors affect nutrition and health, Stone explains. With this week's "Nature" cover story, Stone joins a growing list of researchers from ASU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences whose research has made the cover of either "Nature" or "Science" this academic year. While...

Thinner and younger

...tion), have developed ways to eat low calorie/high nutrition diets. Fontana has done extensive research with CRONies, most recently reporting in the Jan. 17 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology that the hearts of people on calorie restriction appeared more elastic than those of age- and...

Synthetic molecule causes cancer cells to self-destruct

...m Helferich, a professor of food science and human nutrition at the U. of I., and Myung-Haing Cho at Seoul National University. The researchers also showed that PAC-1 killed cancer cells in 23 tumors obtained from a local hospital. Cell death was correlated with the level of procaspase-3 present in the cells,...

Selenium-protein deficiency raises prostate cancer risk

...ot trivial," said Alan Diamond, professor of human nutrition at the University of Illinois at Chicago and principal investigator in an ongoing multidisciplinary study set up at UIC to help answer that question. "Knowing how it works allows you to maximize-out its benefits," he said. Diamond and his colleague...

Nutrition a major factor in rise in twin pregnancies

...g turns out to be a natural adaptation to improved nutrition or culture conditions, it could prove difficult to reverse as embryo quality continues to improve ?whether in the IVF lab or in the community generally." "Because two implanted embryos have twice the chance of MZ twins than a single implanting embry...

Five surprising facts about starvation that could change the international agenda

...cted by such events struggle with some of the same nutrition problems as those in crisis. In a "Viewpoint" publ...ts in wasting of children. These include improving nutrition in pregnant and lactating women to prevent low-birthweight babies, effective protection against infe...

Sleep deprivation doubles risks of obesity in both children and adults

...sion. Francesco Branca, the Regional Adviser for nutrition and food security in the World Health organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe said: "This is an interesting piece of research putting together different lifestyle aspects with food choices. We need more research on the obese environment - the...

Metal homeostasis research in plants will lead to nutrient-rich food and higher yielding crops

...f nutrient-rich seed, beneficially affecting human nutrition and health. This research should also lead to agronomic benefits such as increased seedling vigor, higher crop yields and resistance to disease," Guerinot said. ...

Compound in dairy products targets diabetes

...demic and is largely associated with poor diet and nutrition and other lifestyle issues," Vanden Heuvel says. The reason for the increase in diabetes may have to do with the ratio of so-called "good" and "bad" fats, with the average American diet containing too much of the "bad" fats. CLA, whose effect is very...

Report focuses on the role good microbes play in future medicine

...edicine, periodontics, animal science, immunology, nutrition and other fields met to discuss a variety of issues associated with the field of probiotics. In addition to providing an overview of the current state of and potential for probiotic research, the report also offers specific recommendations to help a...

Diabetes research takes wing thanks to long-lived fruit fly

...l for understanding the factors that determine how nutrition and stress set the foundation for metabolic syndrome and diabetes, why diabetes occurs more frequently as people age, and indeed why people live as long as they do. Dirk Bohmann, Ph.D., and Henri Jasper, Ph.D., are focusing on a cell signaling syste...

Orange, grapefruit juice for breakfast builds bones in rats

...f Dr. Farzad Deyhim, professor of human and animal nutrition at Texas A&M- Kingsville. Half of the rats were a control group that continued life as usual. The others were castrated and then treated in one of three ways: no additional diet change; diet included orange juice; or, diet included grapefruit jui...

Researchers examine why food tastes bad to chemotherapy recipients

...tion. "Unfortunately, these problems that impact nutrition and quality of life are underestimated and understudied by oncologists," said Andrea Dietrich, Virginia Tech professor of civil and environmental engineering (CEE). Dietrich believes there are two components to the metallic flavor –?the taste of m...

Poor athletic performance linked to vitamin deficiency

...ce," said Manore, who is also an Extension Service nutrition scientist. "By the time they reach adulthood they can have seriously jeopardized their abilities and their long-term health." Current national B-vitamin recommendations for active individuals may be inadequate, and athletes who follow the recommend...

Some butterflies travel farther, reproduce faster

... researchers also hope to see what part host plant nutrition plays in these differences. ...

Living with water scarcity -- world must act now

...ortant for the environment, getting more value and nutrition per drop of water is a key for poverty reduction" says Molden. Improving access to water, and using it better are essential in the fight against poverty. Actions that target livelihood gains of smallholder farmers by securing water access through ...

Scientists find new genes for Crohn's disease

...director of the division of digestive diseases and nutrition at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) agreed, saying that "these important discoveries not only offer new hope for better therapies for patients with Crohn's disease, but they also highlight the promise of th...

New mechanism for nutrient uptake discovered

...ell in every organism has a system for bringing in nutrition and expelling waste," explained lead author Dominique Loqué. "Some are through pore-like protein structures called transporters, which reside at the surface of the cell's outer membrane. Each pore is capable of transporting nutrients individually, so...

Pitt study notes decline in male births in the US and Japan

...bility of a male fetus include the parents?weight, nutrition and the use of alcohol and drugs. In the study, Dr. Davis and her colleagues reported an overall decline of 17 males per 10,000 births in the U.S. and a decline of 37 males per 10,000 births in Japan since 1970. They also found that while fetal...

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