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Tiny but toxic: Researchers discover a mechanism of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease

Tiny but toxic: Researchers discover a mechanism of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Tiny, toxic protein particles severely disrupt neurotransmission and inhibit delivery of key proteins in Alzheimer's disease, two separate studies by Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) researchers have found.





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Wakame waste

Biology /

created May 01, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Bacteria that feed on seaweed could help in the disposal of pollutants in the world's oceans, according to a new study by researchers in China and Japan. The discovery is reported in the International Journal of Biotechnology.


A thirst for blood sparks toxic algal blooms

A thirst for blood sparks toxic algal blooms

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The blooming of toxic algae that occurs during the summer conceal a fight for life and death. Scientists at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, propose in an article published in the journal PNAS that a ...


Test identifies toxic platinum and palladium without time-consuming sample pretreatment

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created Nov 14, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The painstaking process of detecting toxic species of platinum and palladium mixed in with the form of platinum essential to certain pharmaceuticals could be reduced to one simple step, University of Pittsburgh researchers ...


High urea levels in chronic kidney failure might be toxic after all

Medicine & Health / Research

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

It is thought that the elevated levels of urea (the byproduct of protein breakdown that is excreted in the urine) in patients with end-stage kidney failure are not particularly toxic.


Venomous bite: Harmless digestive enzyme evolved into venom in two species

Venomous bite: Harmless digestive enzyme evolved into venom in two species

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists have shown that independent but similar molecular changes turned a harmless digestive enzyme into a toxin in two unrelated species -- a shrew and a lizard -- giving each a venomous ...


FDA issued advisory to Gulf seafood firms

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 05, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an advisory to seafood processors concerning recent illnesses linked to fish carrying the ciguatera toxin.


Expedition observes hundreds of marine creatures in oil slick

Expedition observes hundreds of marine creatures in oil slick

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The area affected by the Montara oil spill off the Kimberley coast contains a huge amount of marine life, including some of the most iconic and threatened species in the ocean, according to ...


Heavy metals accumulate more in some mushrooms than in others

Heavy metals accumulate more in some mushrooms than in others

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A research team from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) has analysed the presence of heavy metals in 12 species of mushroom collected from non-contaminated natural areas, and has found that the levels ...


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Killer algae a key player in mass extinctions

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 4

Algae, not asteroids, were the key to the end of the dinosaurs, say two Clemson University researchers. Geologist James W. Castle and ecotoxicologist John H. Rodgers have published findings that toxin producing ...


Scientists discover dangerous new method for bacterial toxin transfer

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists have discovered a new way for bacteria to transfer toxic genes to unrelated bacterial species, a finding that raises the unsettling possibility that bacterial swapping of toxins and other disease-aiding factors ...



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