Highly adaptable genome in gut bacterium key to intestinal health
A bacterium that lives in the human gut adaptively shifts more than a quarter of its genes into high gear when its host's diet changes from sugar to complex carbohydrates. This adaptive mechanism not only allows the bacterial species to survive rapidly changing nutrient conditions but also helps maintain the functions and stability of the gut's highly complex microbial society, according...Roundup®highly lethal to amphibians, finds University of Pittsburgh researcher
The herbicide RoundupĀ® is widely used to eradicate weeds. But a study published today by a University of Pittsburgh researcher finds that the chemical may be eradicating much more than that. Pitt assistant professor of biology Rick Relyea found that RoundupĀ®, the second most commonly applied herbicide in the United States, is "extremely lethal" to amphibians. This field experiment is one o...FDA: 'Highly Unlikely' Green Tea Lowers Cancer Risk
The new surgical assistant at the University of North Carolina Hospitals arrived in February sporting three arms, a computerized brain and a glowing track record in helping to repair heart valves, remove cancerous prostates, bypass blocked coronary arteries and perform gastric bypass operations for morbid obesity. The new arrival is a robotic machine, the da Vinci Surgical System, manufact...Highly concentrated botulinum preparation for cosmetic injections can result in severe illness
An examination of 4 cases of botulism following cosmetic injections to the face indicates that the adults received a highly concentrated, unlicensed preparation that resulted in toxin levels up to 40 times the estimated human lethal dose, according to a report in the November 22/29 issue of JAMA. Botulism is a rare paralytic illness caused by the toxins of the spore-forming bacterium Clos...Highly Active and Removable AffinityTagged Lambda Phosphatase
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In high sensitivity flash type luminescence assays the measurement is done just after dispensing the activating reagent or after a short delay time. Over the past years luminescence substrates have been improved towards providing more stable signal. These so-called glow type substrates allow microplates to be counted without dispensors. Ho...Alzheimer's Disease Progresses Rapidly In Highly Educated
A recent study has now found that educated people could face increased risk from Alzheimer's disease, which is the most common cause of dementia in old people. // Although Alzheimer's tends to be associated with a later age of onset among the educated, it progresses more rapidly. In other words, in highly educated people, a rapid decline is noted following onset of Alzheimer's manifes...MRI with nanoparticles highly sensitive in detecting prostate cancer metastases
High-resolution MRI with magnetic nanoparticles is highly sensitive in detecting clinically occult lymph-node metastases in prostate cancer, according to a new report. In fact, routine use of this modality preoperatively could obviate many unneeded surgeries.// The nanoparticles, which are given intravenously 24 hours before scanning, work by binding to lymphatic cells. The particles only...Highly Educated More Prone To Parkinsons Disease
In a shocking revelation, researchers from the Mayo Clinic, in Olmsted County, Minnesota, suggest that Parkinson's disease is more likely to strike the highly-educated than manual workers,// meaning that an individual's educational and career paths impact Parkinson's disease risk later in life. The researchers said that probably early Parkinson's triggered a desire to spend a lot of time...Mapping Of Brain Highly Beneficial For Safer Brain Tumor Surgery
Mapping of brain during brain tumor surgery was found to be of much safer for patients by protecting them from the damage to speech and language centers, which happens// at times while performing such delicate surgeries. According to researchers, "intraoperative language mapping" involves operating on an awake patient and mapping the anatomy of the patient's language function during t...Highly Pure Form Of heroin Proving To be lethal Killer
Strathclyde police have issued a warning to drug users about the quality of the class-A drug. A lethally pure form of heroin is being sold on the west coast// of Scotland has caused a sharp rise in drug-related deaths. Since the beginning of this year there has been 82 inquiries into drug-related deaths in Strathclyde, compared to 48 for the same period last year. The police have said...