http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Wild birds of several species are dying in large numbers from a paralytic disease with hitherto unknown cause in the Baltic Sea area. A research team at Stockholm University, Sweden, led by Associate Professor Lennart Balk, has demonstrated strong relationships between this disease, breeding failure, and advanced thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency in eggs, young, and adults. The results are presented in the article "Wild birds of declining European species are dying from a thiamine deficiency syndrome", published in the on-line Early Edition of the well-reputed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://www.physorg.com/news166805084.html Biology Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:50:02 EST news166805084 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered that a form of vitamin B1 could become a new and effective treatment for one of the world's leading causes of blindness. http://www.physorg.com/news159729742.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:23:49 EST news159729742 Researchers at the University of Warwick have discovered high doses of thiamine - vitamin B1 - can reverse the onset of early diabetic kidney disease. http://www.physorg.com/news147959017.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:43:37 EST news147959017 (PhysOrg.com) -- A key enzyme in the biosynthesis of vitamin B1 has somehow evolved the ability to perform a complex series of some 15 to 20 steps, report two Cornell chemists. http://www.physorg.com/news146416296.html Chemistry Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:11:36 EST news146416296