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Red yeast rice may lower cholesterol
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Two years ago, Chuck Jones of Yardley, Pa., had high cholesterol, but his medicine caused severe leg cramps that routinely ruined his sleep.
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Study finds Chinese food good for your heart
Jun 09, 2008 |
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A clinical study on patients who have suffered a heart attack found that a partially purified extract of Chinese red yeast rice, Xuezhikang (XZK), reduced the risk of repeat heart attacks by 45%, revascularization (bypass ...
Fish oil and red yeast rice studied for lowering blood cholesterol
Jul 08, 2008 |
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A great deal of scientific evidence shows that cholesterol-reducing medications known as statins can help prevent coronary artery disease. Although the safety of these medications has been well documented, as many as 40 percent ...
Arsenic and new rice
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Jun 10, 2008 |
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Amid recent reports of dangerous levels of arsenic being found in some baby rice products, scientists have found a protein in plants that could help to reduce the toxic content of crops grown in environments with high levels ...
Today's white rice is mutation spread by early farmers
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Aug 17, 2007 |
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Some 10,000 years ago white rice evolved from wild red rice and began spreading around the globe. But how did this happen?
Plant biologist seeks molecular differences between rice and its mimic
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Dec 19, 2006 |
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Red rice sounds like a New Orleans dish or a San Francisco treat. But it's a weed, the biggest nuisance to American rice growers, who are the fourth largest exporters of rice in the world. And rice farmers hate the pest, ...
Yeast in a shell: Coating individual living yeast cells with silicon dioxide
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Our breakfast egg is a peculiarity of nature: a single cell protected by a thin mineral layer. Apart from a number of tiny radiolaria and diatoms, individual cells normally do not have a hard shell. Korean ...
Better beer: College team creating anticancer brew
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Oct 16, 2008 |
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College students often spend their free time thinking about beer, but a group of Rice University students are taking it to the next level. They're using genetic engineering to create beer that contains resveratrol, a chemical ...
Dutch researchers make breakthrough in bioethanol production from agricultural waste
Nov 20, 2009 |
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With the introduction of a single bacterial gene into yeast, researchers from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands achieved three improvements in bioethanol production from agricultural waste material: 'More ...
How a Cell's Mitotic Motors Direct Key Life Processes
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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University of Massachusetts Amherst biologists have discovered a secret of how cells organize chromosomes to prepare for dividing. Their unexpected finding is reported in this week’s issue of the journal, Current Biology.
Are you feeling lucky? How superstition impacts consumer choice
Feb 12, 2008 |
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Despite their strong impact on the marketplace, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the how superstitious beliefs impact decision making. A groundbreaking new study from the April issue of the Journal of Consumer ...
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