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UCLA paper examines how one disease may prevent another

...to be demons. A 1924 discovery showed that a diet rich in fat and low in carbohydrates mimicked starvation by causing ketonemia and also controlled seizures. The ketogenic diet is still used today for cases of epilepsy resistant to medication. During the 1994 winter of starvation when bread supplies to...

'Genetic network' guards against lethal DNA damage

...ing genes will open the door to an extraordinarily rich source of new data on DNA damage, repair, and human diseases," Boeke added. ...

Multi-million pound UK Biobank underway

...ticular disease UK Biobank will provide a uniquely rich resource that allows researchers to identify more reliably than ever before why some people develop a specific disease and others do not. "Nothing like this has been attempted before in such fine detail on such a vast scale," said Professor Rory Co...

Findings advance use of adult stem cells for replacement bone

...e cells themselves produce a growth matrix that is rich in important biochemical growth factors. The research, which appears online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is notable not just because of the science ?researchers found they could coax bone cells into produce up to...

Weizmann Institute suggests that immune cells help to maintain cognition and brain cell renewal

...s reported before that rats kept in an environment rich with mental stimulations and opportunities for physical activity exhibit increased formation of new nerve cells in the hippocampus. In the present work, the scientists showed for the first time that formation of these new nerve cells following enviro...

Curry and cauliflower could halt prostate cancer

... consumption of large amounts of plant-based foods rich in phytochemicals ?nonnutritive plant chemicals that have protective or disease-preventive properties. Consequently, scientists have been investigating intervention options based on compounds found in edible and medicinal plants. They have had some...

Earth Rx: A microbial biotechnology prescription for global environmental health

...be the key to helping the planet –by putting these rich microbial communities to work to help serve the needs of society through environmental biotechnology. Leading the marriage are revolutionary changes in compiling vast amounts of genetic information on microbial organisms through state-of-the-art D...

On a fly's wing, scientists tally evolution's winners and losses

... on the chromosome. Chromosome 17 is particularly rich in disease genes such as BRCA1 (the first identified breast cancer gene); NF1 (neurofibromatosis); the gene associated with repairing DNA damage that might otherwise result in cancer (TP53); Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS), and Charcot-Marie-Tooth type ...

Mouse to man: The story of chromosomes

... on the chromosome. Chromosome 17 is particularly rich in disease genes such as BRCA1 (the first identified breast cancer gene); NF1 (neurofibromatosis); the gene associated with repairing DNA damage that might otherwise result in cancer (TP53); Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS), and Charcot-Marie-Tooth type ...

UC San Diego partners with Venter Institute to build marine microbial genomics cyberinfrastructure

...ning, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from this rich new wealth of information," said co-investigator J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., president of Venter Institute. "The goal is to create a community resource to house all metagenomic data that will facilitate and advance knowledge of marine microbial ecology, ...

Study finds evolution doesn't always favor bigger animals

... very useful for this question because they have a rich fossil record, which allows us to reconstruct the evolution of body size in great detail," said Gene Hunt, who designed and conducted the study while postdoctoral fellow at UCSD. "Scientists have been interested in how body size evolves for a long ...

UCI researchers discover key factor for survival of human embryonic stem cells

...hat transplantation is made into areas of the body rich in neurotrophins. "Much of the research regarding stem cell therapy today focuses on areas involving the nervous system, such as the spinal cord," Donovan said. "Neurotrophins help the growth of tissues in those areas and are commonly found in the ...

World's pledge to halve hunger by 2015 looks like empty promise

...t the growing disparity and unfairness between the rich and poor," he says. Pinstrup-Andersen recently examined the programs and outcomes of 25 international conferences addressing world poverty to assess progress toward the Millennium goals. "They all discussed the goals and targets, but very little pro...

Too much sugar not good for coral reefs

... But increased development can mean more nutrient rich runoff that threatens the very coral reefs attracting tourists in the first place. David Kline at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and colleagues find that bacteria on coral reefs grow out of control as the level of simple sugars in seaw...

World faces challenge as life expectancies lengthen, scientist says

...his new knowledge may generate between the world's rich and poor. "Are some people going to be left behin...e current debate over access to healthcare, as the rich become increasingly distanced from the poor, not only in quality but length of life. Tuljapurkar wa...

New RNAi tools enable systematic studies of gene function

...edicine." "The RNAi library developed by TRC is a rich resource for biological discovery," said Nir Hacohen, assistant professor at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, associate member of the Broad Institute and a senior author. "Ongoing studies in my own laboratory to understand h...

There's something fishy about human brain evolution

...r food. According to Dr. Stephen Cunnane it was a rich and secure shore-based diet that fuelled and provi...environments provided a year-round, accessible and rich food supply. Such an environment was found in the wetlands and river and lake shorelines that domina...

Pacific Islands paradise protected

...the people of Kiribati can always benefit from the rich ocean life of their home. "If the coral and reefs are protected, then the fish will thrive and grow and bring us benefit," President Tong said. "In this way all species of fish can be protected so none become depleted or extinct." The Republic of Ki...

Carnegie Mellon scientists show brain uses optimal code for sound

...re efficient, effective and concise in conveying a rich variety of natural sounds than anything else," Lew...atory to de-code the information contained in this rich set of sounds. They also discovered what they consider the most "natural" sound: if they play back a...

Clawed frog helps Fanconi anemia research make leaps

...rom replicating. This creates a convenient extract rich in all the essential components ready for full replication. Then, by chemically activating the extract and adding sperm DNA from the male frog, the proteins in the extract unwind the DNA and the replication process is off and running under the watc...

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