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Let them eat snail

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A nutritionist in Nigeria says that malnutrition and iron deficiency in schoolchildren could be reduced in her country by baking up snail pie. In a research paper to be published in the International Journal of Food Safety, Nu ...


The protein Srebp2 drives cholesterol formation in prion-infected neuronal cells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Prions are causing fatal and infectious diseases of the nervous system, such as the mad cow disease (BSE), scrapie in sheep or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. Scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technische Universität ...


Researchers find new piece of BSE puzzle

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new treatment route for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and its human form Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD) could be a step closer based on new results from scientists at the University of Leeds. The team has found ...


On the trail of a vaccine for Lyme disease: Yale researchers target tick saliva

On the trail of a vaccine for Lyme disease: Researchers target tick saliva

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A protein found in the saliva of ticks helps protect mice from developing Lyme disease, Yale researchers have discovered. The findings, published in the November 19 issue of Cell Host & Microbe, may spur d ...


A sticky solution for identifying effective probiotics

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Scientists have crystallised a protein that may help gut bacteria bind to the gastrointestinal tract. The protein could be used by probiotic producers to identify strains that are likely to be of real benefit to people.


Sweet -- sugared polymer a new weapon against allergies and asthma

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists at Johns Hopkins and their colleagues have developed sugar-coated polymer strands that selectively kill off cells involved in triggering aggressive allergy and asthma attacks. Their advance is a significant step ...


Computational microscope peers into the working ribosome

Computational microscope peers into the working ribosome (w/ Video)

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Two new studies reveal in unprecedented detail how the ribosome interacts with other molecules to assemble new proteins and guide them toward their destination in biological cells. The studies used molecular ...


Multitasking may be Achilles heel for hepatitis C

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hepatitis C, a formidable virus that affects 130 million people worldwide, is nursing some pretty impressive bruises. By knocking out sections and subsections of one of its proteins, scientists reveal weak ...


Saliva proteins change as women age

Saliva proteins change as women age

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In a step toward using human saliva to tell whether those stiff joints, memory lapses, and other telltale signs of aging are normal or red flags for disease, scientists are describing how the protein content ...


Protein from pregnancy hormone may prevent breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Researchers have found that hormones produced during pregnancy induce a protein that directly inhibits the growth of breast cancer. This protein, alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), may serve as a viable, well-tolerated agent for the ...



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