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Strawberry daiquiris -- the extra-healthy cocktail?

...ight be relieved to know that the scientists found similar results with blackberries, meaning that a blackberry-crowned champagne cocktail might achieve the same effect. ...

Lab research may one day lead to cancer treatment using patient's own immune cells

... five years. "If these trials prove successful, a similar approach could be developed in patients with other types of cancer as well," said Kim. ...

Scientists unlock secret of what makes plants flower

...d to day length. Parallel work in Japan shows very similar mechanisms operating in rice, so there is immediate potential to translate research into practical benefits for food crops. The ability to control flowering is of enormous commercial significance across food and non-food species, for example extendin...

UCLA/Toronto researchers unlock key to memory storage in brain

...bout acquiring information that helps us deal with similar situations in the future. What we recall helps us learn from our past experiences and better shape our lives." ...

The origin of the brain lies in a worm

...rresponding regions give rise to neuron types with similar molecular fingerprints and these neurons also go on to form the same neural structures in annelid worm and vertebrate." "Such a complex arrangement caould not have been invented twice throughout evolution, it must be the same system," adds Gáspár ...

New bird, bat species revealed by extensive DNA barcode studies

...cer cell mutation and selection are metaphorically similar to how a new species begins its evolution. "Of course, the difference with cancer is that it destroys itself when it kills you off, whereas many new species stabilize," von Borstel says. "Obviously, no metaphor is the be-all of reality. But I’m ho...

Parasite infection may benefit MS patients

...s could be the cause of this increase. One theory, similar to the "hygiene hypothesis" in which an excessivel...y individuals. The two groups of MS patients had a similar disease course. Patients had a neurological exam every three months and a brain MRI every 6 months, ...

Cancer that colonizes our bodies

...cer cell mutation and selection are metaphorically similar to how a new species begins its evolution. "Of course, the difference with cancer is that it destroys itself when it kills you off, whereas many new species stabilize," von Borstel says. "Obviously, no metaphor is the be-all of reality. But I’m ho...

Health Canada approves cold and flu medicine

...laims. Natural health product regulations are also similar to drug regulations with requirements for standardized labeling, good manufacturing practices, and specification requirements for finished products and post-market surveillance for potential adverse effects. ...

New sensor detects gaseous chemical weapon surrogates in 45 seconds

...honate (DIMP), which is a chemical compound that's similar to sarin. QPAS detected DIMP at the sub-part-per-b...el in less than one minute. The miniscule level is similar to letting one drop of liquid DIMP evaporate into a volume of air that would fill more than two Olym...

Scientists unlock mystery of embryonic stem cell signaling pathway

...hool of Medicine, have confirmed that IQ-1 plays a similar role in that system as well. “If we can create a totally chemically defined system for growing human embryonic stem cells without any risk of contamination, it would make life much easier for scientists than it is at the moment,?says Kahn. “And th...

Long-term narcotics use for back pain may be ineffective and lead to abuse

...t clinicians should consider other treatments with similar benefits but fewer long-term adverse effects." Published in the January 16 Annals of Internal Medicine, Martell and co-authors conducted a systematic literature review and meta-analysis that addressed the prevalence and effectiveness of opioid pre...

Scientists uncover new target in cancer mutation puzzle

...3 mutations, we will look for other molecules with similar features," Land said. "Our hope is that this line of research will give us a range of novel opportunities for treatments of cancer patients. We are at the beginning of a new and exciting road." ...

Severe mental retardation gene mutation identified

...mental retardation, the researchers expect to find similar genes related to other mental retardation syndromes. ...

Antibody signal may redirect inflammation to fuel cancer

...ers." Coussens envisions a therapeutic strategy similar to treating people with HIV. The goal would not be to necessarily eliminate every last cancer cell, but to control the inflammation process needed for the cancer to progress to a more threatening stage. The new UCSF finding comes from studies wit...

Twenty of world's 162 grouper species threatened with extinction

...other major food and economic resource for humans, similar to the loss of the cod stocks off New England and Canada that has put thousands of people out of work,?said Roger McManus, a senior director of Conservation International’s Marine Program. The ground-breaking workshop at the Department of Ecology ...

Primitive yeast yields secrets of human cholesterol and drug metabolism

...racked Dap1’s counterpart in humans by looking for similar proteins in a computer database and repeated their experiments in human kidney cells engineered to lack the human version of Dap1. As in yeast, the altered human cells accumulated cholesterol precursors and died because cholesterol is essential for c...

Bird sex is something else

...t that the male: female ratio of X-linked genes is similar to that of autosomal genes. In mammals, mismatched doses of X genes between males and females threaten to upset the gene network in one or both sexes. Fruit flies (Drosophila), roundworms (C. elegans) and humans each work around this dosage proble...

NIH announces phase III clinical trial of creatine for Parkinson's disease

...al efforts to recruit a diverse population that is similar to the makeup of the population with PD in the United States. The investigators will measure disease progression using standard rating scales that measure quality of life, ability to walk, cognitive function, and the ability to carry out other act...

Mother knows best: Plant knowledge key to childhood health in remote Amazon

...with severe stunting. The other two measures found similar results, with knowledge of local plants significantly correlated with childhood health and nutrition. To a great extent, Tsimane survival and well being is dependent on their knowledge of local plants, in everything from managing their environment...

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