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Plenish™ High Oleic Soybean Oil Offers Trans Fat Solution with Superior Performance

DuPont Scientist Outlines Oil Testing Results, Industry Opportunities at Major Food Conference Anaheim, Calif. (Vocus) June 7, 2009 -- The next generation of healthy soybean products from DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred will provide nutritionally enhanced oil with t...

Enzyme promotes fat formation

The enzyme TPPII may contribute to obesity by stimulating the formation of fat cells, suggests a study in EMBO reports this week. The enzyme, TPPII, has previously been linked to making people feel hungry, but Jonathan Graff and colleagues now show that it may be even more deeply involved in causi...

Americas weighty problem: Why the fight against fat is about more than just looking good

MADISON Speaking to a home-state crowd last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson described how his agency touches Americans in unseen ways every day, from regulating the prescription drugs they take to administering their Medicare accounts to watching over the safety of the foo...

Unique Surface Treatment of Novel TSK-GEL ODS Columns Provide Separation of Aqueous and Fat Soluble Vitamins

Introduction With the introduction of two new reversed-phase column types, TSKgel ODS-100V and TSKgel ODS-100Z, excellent chromatographic performance and selectivity can be achieved for a wide range of sample types. TSKgel ODS-100Z ...

FREE FAT CELL ASSAY

Susanne Rasmussen, Anders R. Srensen Novo Nordisk A/S Introduction The free fat cell assay has been used extensively to demonstrate the effect of insulin and insulin analogues on target tissue (1,2). The principle of the assay has been described by Rodbell(3) and Mo...

International Milk Genomics & Human Health Symposium Speaker Program Announced

... to differentiate farm milk and Michael Affolter of the Nestlé Research Center addressing qualitative and quantitative profiling of bovine milk fat globule membrane protein fractions. Academic sessions will feature presentations on:   Using comparative genomics to understand mil...

Cynosure Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...kstation enables a physician to liquefy and remove larger areas of unwanted fat in about half the time required by the original 32-watt Smartlipo MPX syste...lar and pigmented lesions, rejuvenate the skin, liquefy and remove unwanted fat through laser lipolysis and temporarily reduce the appearance of cellulite....

NYU physicists find way to explore microscopic systems through holographic video

... team has already employed the technique for a range of applications, from research in fundamental statistical physics to analyzing the composition of fat droplets in milk. More broadly, the technique creates a more sophisticated method to aid in medical diagnostics and drug discovery. At its most ba...

EU Committee Approves New Food Applications for Martek's life'sDHA(TM)

...hroughout the 27 Member States of the European Union. This expands the current categories approved in 2003 which include breakfast cereals, spreadable fat and dressings, dairy products (excluding milk-based and milk analogue drinks) and food supplements. There are currently more than 30 food, be...

EU Committee Approves New Food Applications for Martek's life'sDHA™

...hroughout the 27 Member States of the European Union. This expands the current categories approved in 2003 which include breakfast cereals, spreadable fat and dressings, dairy products (excluding milk-based and milk analogue drinks) and food supplements. There are currently more than 30 food, beverag...

Amylin Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Results from Dose-Ranging Clinical Study of Pramlintide/Metreleptin Combination Treatment for Obesity

..., the weight loss in these patients was predominantly due to a reduction in fat mass (approximately 18 of the 22 pounds lost). These study results confirm ...in; r-metHuLeptin) is an analog of human leptin, a neurohormone secreted by fat cells that plays a fundamental role in the regulation of energy metabolism ...

New MRI technique could mean fewer breast biopsies in high-risk women

...od also makes it possible for radiologists to view fat images and water images separately, which is particularly useful because fat composes a large portion of the breast. "Rarely is...e concentrating on water images, but sometimes our fat images of the breast are also useful. The boundari...

AEterna Zentaris: New Data Published on its Ghrelin Antagonist Compound, AEZS-123 (JMV2959), Supports its Use in Alcohol Addiction

...hat increases appetite and induces accumulation of fat tissue. The discovery of ghrelin and its receptors...se of ghrelin antagonists to suppress appetite and fat deposition. In 2004, AEterna Zentaris signed two...r antagonist AEZS-123 reduced body weight gain and fat accumulation in an animal model of diet-induced ob...

VIA Pharmaceuticals' DGAT1 Inhibitors Featured in American Diabetes Association Poster Presentation

... Improve Insulin Sensitivity? (Poster 1279-P) DGAT1 (diacylglycerol acyl transferase-1) is an enzyme that catalyzes triglyceride synthesis and fat storage. Triglycerides are the principal component of fat, which is the major repository for storage of metabolic energy in the body. Overweight and o...

Cynosure Announces Presentations at Upcoming Investor Conferences

...and minimally invasive procedures to remove hair , treat vascular and pigmented lesions , rejuvenate the skin , liquefy and remove unwanted fat through laser lipolysis and temporarily reduce the appearance of cellulite . Cynosure's products include a broad range of laser and other li...

New Stem Cell Web Site to Focus on Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury and Diabetes

...new cases of TBI occurring in the U.S. each year, adding to the almost 6.5 million existing cases. The Company is also pursuing research in the use of fat stem cell therapy for spinal cord injury, in which approximately 200,000 patients in the U.S. suffer from this disability. The site also highlig...

Multiple Types of Heart Attacks Reduced by Prasugrel in TRITON-TIMI 38 Trial

...ng for more than 741,000 deaths in the EU each year.(7) Coronary artery disease occurs when the arteries become narrowed or clogged by cholesterol and fat deposits and cannot supply enough blood to the heart. In some cases, a blood clot may partially or totally block the blood supply to the heart, result...

First Use in Coronary Patients of a Combined Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Ultrasound Imaging Catheter

...ipiScan(TM) Coronary Imaging System The LipiScan(TM) Coronary Imaging System is a catheter-based device that uses laser light to detect how much fat and other substances are contained in a plaque. The identification of the chemical composition of coronary plaques is expected to be of initial value ...

SemBioSys' plant-derived Apo AI(Milano) demonstrates encouraging biologic activity in seven preclinical models

...types of whole animal model experiments were performed using hypercholesterolemic mice (mice with high levels of atherosclerosis resulting from a high fat diet) in order to determine the effects of SemBioSys' plant-made Apo AI(Milano). Single injection, short-term studies on cholesterol mobilization and ...

'Adipose-derived' Stem Cells Could Help Traumatic Brain Injury Patients, Says Bio-Matrix Scientific Group's, Entest BioMedical Inc. Researcher

...io-Matrix and Entest BioMedical are now studying the "therapeutic effect of fat stem cells on traumatic brain injury-associated brain ischemia and inflamma...on and replacement of damaged neurons with neuron cells differentiated from fat cells." Bio-Matrix Scientific Group Inc. and Entest BioMedical Inc. recent...

DuPont Receives Canadian Regulatory Approval for High Oleic Soybean Trait

...soybean trait from Pioneer is more than three times higher in heart-healthy monounsaturated fats and has a more than 20 percent reduction in saturated fat over commodity soybean oil. Like low linolenic soybean oil, high oleic soybean oil eliminates the need for hydrogenation, resulting in foods with neg...

International science consortium publishes analysis of domestic cattle genome sequence

...chers think some of these changes may explain the unique ability of cattle to convert grass and other low-energy food sources into high-energy muscle, fat and milk. Segmental duplications in the domestic cattle genome have also resulted in specialized roles for genes involved in immune response, such...

Fat droplet nanoparticle delivers tumor suppressor gene to tumor and metastatic cells

... reduce side effects in another way as well. When the job of reinstating a normal P53 suppressor gene is done, the nanoparticle essentially a little fat droplet wrapped around the gene simply melts away, unlike non-biodegradable delivery systems. Clinical trials are now underway at the Mary Crowle...

Nearly 70 Percent of Health Professionals Support Biotechnology's Use in Food Products

...bean oil would provide an even richer, renewable source. Saturated fat tends to raise LDL ("bad") cholesterol, and therefore increase the risk of ...l fats like omega-3s, and 67 percent would buy foods with reduced saturated fat content. The United Soybean Board is comprised of 68 farmer-directors...

Spherix Announces 2008 Financial Results

...ns and showed that D-tagatose did not promote substantial weight gain. The fat cells in tagatose-fed mice were smaller than those in the sucrose-fed mice, and were approximately the same size as the fat cells in the control mice. The results further suggested that, in addition...

First Application to Fight High Cholesterol Launches on the iPhone and iPod Touch

...esterol, saturated fat, trans fat, polyunsaturated fat and monounsaturated fat are discussed in easy-to-understand language. ... keep it low. If the user sees that reducing their fat intake, exercising regularly and giving up smoking...

Beverly Hills Surgeon Dr. Payman Simoni Applauds Obama Administration's New Direction in Stem Cell Research

...lized in modern plastic surgery procedures such as fat grafting, fat transfers and fat injections," said Dr. Simoni. ...

Ecologists propose first prevention for white-nose syndrome death in bats

...y to keep warm; spending too much time out of hibernation may deplete their fat reserves and cause them to starve to death, say the authors. Because of ...el took into account the patterns of arousal, body mass and percentage body fat of a particular species, called little brown bats, which are affected by th...

Cynosure Launches New Workstation and Technology Innovations at American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting

...vasive and minimally invasive procedures to remove hair , treat vascular and pigmented lesions , rejuvenate the skin , liquefy and remove unwanted fat through laser lipolysis and temporarily reduce the appearance of cellulite . Cynosure's products include a broad range of laser and other light-b...

China Medicine to Participate in 2009 Natural Products Expo West Trade Show

...roduct, BeThin, is a food supplement that is designed to promote and adjust fat metabolism, reduce the storage of fat in the body, and prolong endurance during physical exercise. In addition, t...

FDA Approves Apidra(R) SoloSTAR(R) - a Prefilled Disposable Insulin Pen

...s may include low blood sugar; injection site reactions, such as changes in fat tissue at the injection site; and allergic reactions, such as itching and r...ble side effects may include injection site reactions, including changes in fat tissue at the injection site, and allergic reactions, including itching and...

Heart Health Month Milestone: Half a Billion Pounds of Bad Fats Eliminated From North American Diet

...not only zero trans fat, but also low in saturated fat and high in monounsaturated fat." "The foodse... trans fat, but also lower the amount of saturated fat in fried items." Omega-9 Canola and Sunflowe...vice and food processing companies to a zero trans fat alternative. About Compass Group North...

European Commission Approves EFIENT(R) (prasugrel) for Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing PCI

...ally.(2) Heart attack is a major manifestation of coronary heart disease, which occurs when the arteries become narrowed or clogged by cholesterol and fat deposits. In some cases the plaque can rupture, resulting in a blood clot, which may partially or totally block the blood supply to portions of the he...

VAP Cholesterol Test Helps In Search For New Heart Disease Drugs

...e APOC3 gene instead of two - would rapidly break down triglycerides, the fat particles in the blood associated with an increased risk of coronary artery...the gene abnormality also had lower triglycerides both before and after the fat load and better lipid profiles overall. "This is a brilliant GWAS stud...

Palomar and Q-MED AB Terminate International Distribution Agreement

...nt with Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies to develop and potentially commercialize home-use, light-based devices for reducing or reshaping body fat including cellulite, reducing the appearance of skin aging, and reducing or preventing acne. For more information on Palomar and its products, vi...

Research Published in Nature Medicine Shows Disruption of Chemokine Interactions Inhibits Atherosclerosis in Mice

...cytes to endothelial cells. Finally, the scientists demonstrated that mice that are genetically predisposed to develop atherosclerosis when fed a high fat diet did not develop chronic arterial inflammation when injected with the mouse version of the CKEY2 peptide. "With the efficacy of the PF4-RANT...

New label-free method tracks molecules and drugs in live cells

... in recent decades," Xie says. "As a unique technology capable of observing fat distribution in live cells -- and of differentiating between types of fat -- SRS microscopy could prove useful in helping understand and treat the gr...

Tissue Genesis Applies CE Mark to Its Adult Stem Cell Isolation System

...tplace. The Tissue Genesis Cell Isolation System is a fully automated system that recovers potentially regenerative cells from a patient's own fat in about an hour, with minimal operator intervention. No tissue pre-processing is required. The system accepts adipose (fat) tissue from the same devi...

Clinical Data Show Long-Acting Human Growth Hormone ARX201 is Safe and Well Tolerated

...uch throughout the course of the trial. Patients experienced a mean truncal fat loss of 5.6 percent and a mean total body fat loss of 1.3 percent. The mean increase in lean body mass was 3.6 percent. A...

PEAK Surgical Introduces PlasmaBlade(TM) Product Line Extensions for Use in General Surgery

...esigned to be used to cut through all types of soft tissue, including skin, fat and muscle. All of the PlasmaBlade tissue dissection tools are used in conj... and delicate tissues and used electrosurgical devices to cut and coagulate fat and other thicker, tougher tissues. Although scalpels precisely cut tissue,...