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Soy peptide lunasin has anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory properties

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two new University of Illinois studies report that lunasin, a soy peptide often discarded in the waste streams of soy-processing plants, may have important health benefits that include fighting leukemia and blocking the inflammation ...


Immune cell activity linked to worsening COPD

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study links chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, with increased activity of cells that act as sentinels to activate the body's immune system.


Bone Marrow Stem Cells May Prevent Chronic Lung Disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have discovered a possible way to protect the fragile lungs of premature babies by using stem cells harvested from bone marrow. In experiments on laboratory mice, ...


Scientists identify natural anti-cancer defenses

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Canadian researchers have discovered a novel molecular mechanism that prevents cancer. In the December 11 edition of the prestigious journal Molecular Cell, scientists from the Université de Montréal and th ...


Discovery of new gene called Brd2 that regulates obesity and diabetes

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The chance discovery of a genetic mutation that makes mice enormously fat but protects them from diabetes has given researchers at Boston University School of Medicine, USA, new insights into the cellular mechanisms that ...


Why we outlive our ape ancestors

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

In spite of their genetic similarity to humans, chimpanzees and great apes have maximum lifespans that rarely exceed 50 years. The difference, explains USC Davis School of Gerontology Professor Caleb Finch, is that as humans ...


Naturally occurring lipid blocks RSV infection in lungs

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at National Jewish Health have discovered that a naturally occurring lipid in the lung can prevent RSV infection and inhibit spread of the virus after an infection is established. RSV is the major cause of hospitalization ...


Childhood traumas linger as health risk factors for adults

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London has found that negative experiences in childhood may alter not only mental health but also physical health, into middle age and beyond.


Educational home visits can improve asthma in children, study suggests

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A few home visits by a health care specialist to educate children with asthma about basic strategies for earlier symptom recognition and improving medication use can lead to fewer flare-ups and less frequent trips to the ...


Aspirin, tylenol may decrease effectiveness of vaccines

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

With flu season in full swing and the threat of H1N1 looming, demand for vaccines is at an all-time high. Although those vaccines are expected to be effective, University of Missouri researchers have found further evidence ...



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