Type 2 Diabetes Could Be Tackled Using Curry Colouring and Fat Mix
A new treatment has been developed by an immunologist Dr Brendan O'Sullivan of Brisbane, for Type 2 diabetes, which will put a stop to the skyrocketing rates// of medicines that is available for diabetes in Australia. The Senior Research Officer and his team at UQ's Centre for Immunology and C...Red 2G Food Colour to Be Banned by EU Due to Cancer Fears
... The European Union is to ban the use of Red 2G food colouring in breakfast sausages and hamburgers due to concerns that it could cause ca...ed 2G would be allowed to sell them up until their expiry date. The colouring had been permitted in the past in concentrations not exceeding 20 milligram...Allergy to Hair Dye Increasing
...apan Soap and Detergent Association found 13% of female high school students, 6% of women in their 20s, and 2% of men in their 20s reported using hair colouring products. By 2001 the proportions had increased in these three groups to 41%, 85%, and 33%, respectively. Severe hair dye reactions among children...New discovery suggests trees evolved camouflage defense against long extinct predator
... which would have made them difficult for a moa to distinguish. The unusual colouring may also reduce the probability of leaf outlines and help camouflage leaves... morphological changes between adults and juveniles," said Burns. "If these colouring changes developed in response to the presence of moa in New Zealand they ar...Scientists 'rebuild' giant moa using ancient DNA
...o create a speckled appearance," Mr Rawlence says. A co-author of the study, Dr Jamie Wood from Landcare Research, says it is likely that the drab colouring was driven by selection to avoid predation by the extinct Haast's eagle, the largest and most powerful eagle in the world. The research team also d...Research exposes the risk to infants from the chemicals used in liquid medicines
...o prolong their shelf-life could be potentially harmful to very small babies. The chemicals generally used are ethanol, sorbitol and Ponceaau 4R (a colouring agent). The study revealed that premature babies are exposed to these potentially harmful excipients in amounts equivalent to over three pints of bee...Study shows how the zebrafish gets his stripe
...s protein knockdown to reduce the amount of Sdf produced in the embryo, and were able to partially remove the third stripe in wild types and to reduce colouring in the neck of the choker mutant. Sdf is really important, not just for pigmentation but also the development of neurons and germ cells, said Dr Ke...Allergy to hair dye increasing
...apan Soap and Detergent Association found 13% of female high school students, 6% of women in their 20s, and 2% of men in their 20s reported using hair colouring products. By 2001 the proportions had increased in these three groups to 41%, 85%, and 33%, respectively. Severe hair dye reactions among childre...