New success in engineering plant oils
Using genetic manipulation to modify the activity of a plant enzyme, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have converted an unsaturated oil in the seeds of a temperate plant to the more saturated kind usually found in tropical plants. The research will be published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) the week of March 5, 20...Soils offer new hope as carbon sink
Trials of agrichar - a product hailed as a saviour of Australia's carbon-depleted soils and the environment - have doubled and, in one case, tripled crop...Role of fats and oils in vision care
The balance of fats and oils in your diet can affect your vision, according to a new study. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a currently untreatable disease of the eye causing fuzziness, shadows and severe visual impairment. As the name suggests, it gets worse with age and diet has been implicated in its development. // Researchers at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary c...Platinum Coils To Replace Brain Surgery
Surgeons, in a study published in The Lancet, have proposed treating burst aneurysms with platinum coils instead of brain surgery. In 2002 the International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial (ISAT) was stopped early because it showed that the minimally invasive technique, coiling, was more likely to result in survival without disability at one year when compared to neurosurgical clipping. /...Pigs have another utility: production of healthy oils!
A University of Pittsburgh-led team has used gene technology to breed animals that produce fats. The animals of interest were taken as pigs and they had a key gene inserted in them. // The result was creation of a breed of pigs that had the capability to produce compounds useful for the heart. According to researcher Dr Randy Prather said: "Pigs and humans have a similar physi...Fish Oil - Foils Cognitive Decline
Fish is in trouble once again. Researchers have given us adequate reasons to make fish a part of our// regular diet. Omega-3 fatty acids, the most popular component in fish has always hogged the spotlight for its health benefits. Two recent studies conducted by Dutch researchers suggest that Omega -3 rich seafood could protect against age-connected cognitive-decline. During the stud...Fish Oils Supplements Could Cool Violent Children
Fish oil supplements could help cool and control the anger of children with behavioural problems, says a new study.Researchers studied behavioural // problems and emotional difficulties, including autism of 28 boys (10 to 16 years old) studying at Eaton Hall Special School in Norwich and found that they had fewer violent outbursts while taking daily doses of the fatty acids, reported the...Cargille Microscope Immersion Oils - Standard Oils
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Description:Cargille Immersion Oils are the standard - the ones to compare with, the ones to compete against. Cargille Laboratories has consistently led in the development and standardization of immersion oil for over 42 years. Here is the record: When the FDA set general purpose reagent criteria under the classification of In Vitro Diagnostics in the 1970's, Cargille Immersion Oils were already in...