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Chemicals in common consumer products may play a role in pre-term births
Jul 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of expectant mothers suggests that a group of common environmental contaminants called phthalates, which are present in many industrial and consumer products including everyday personal care items, ...
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First finding of a metabolite in 1 sex only
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Aug 22, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered a chemical compound in male blue crabs that is not present in females -- the first time in any species that an entire enzyme system has been found to be ...
Molecular changes in brain fluid give insight into brain-damaging disease
Jun 02, 2008 |
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Soon after an individual becomes infected with HIV the virus infects cells in the brain and spinal cord (the central nervous system [CNS]). Although this causes no immediate problems, during the late-stages of disease it ...
Birth control has long-term effect on hormone exposure
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine may be one step closer to understanding why past oral contraceptive use dramatically lowers the risk of ovarian and uterine cancers later in life.
Study shines more light on benefit of vitamin D in fighting cancer
Aug 21, 2007 |
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A new study looking at the relationship between vitamin D serum levels and the risk of colon and breast cancer across the globe has estimated the number of cases of cancer that could be prevented each year if vitamin D3 levels ...
Carbon monoxide reverses diabetic gastric problem in mice
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Mayo Clinic researchers have shown that very low doses of inhaled carbon monoxide in diabetic mice reverses the condition known as gastroparesis or delayed stomach emptying, a common and painful complication for many diabetic ...
Cancer metabolism discovery uncovers new role of IDH1 gene mutation in brain cancer
Nov 22, 2009 |
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Agios Pharmaceuticals today announced that its scientists have established, for the first time, that the mutated IDH1 gene has a novel enzyme activity consistent with a cancer-causing gene, or oncogene. This breakthrough ...
Smoking changes brain chemistry
Nov 28, 2006 |
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Chronic smoking affects nerve cells and alters the chemical makeup of the brain, according to research presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
Wastewater used to map illicit drug use
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Jul 15, 2009 |
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A team of researchers has mapped patterns of illicit drug use across the state of Oregon using a method of sampling municipal wastewater before it is treated.
Alzheimer's enzyme acts as a tumor suppressor
Jun 08, 2007 |
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Researchers at Burnham Institute for Medical Research have provided the first evidence that gamma-secretase, an enzyme key to the progression of Alzheimer’s, acts as a tumor suppressor by altering the pathway of epidermal ...
Pesticide susceptibility in children lasts longer than expected
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Although it is known that infants are more susceptible than adults to the toxic effects of pesticides, this increased vulnerability may extend much longer into childhood than expected, according to a new study by researchers ...
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