News tagged with vitamin b1
Heart prevention in people with diabetes using vitamin B1
Diabetes leaves the heart more vulnerable to stress as less oxygen and nutrients are delivered to the heart and other organs. Heart damage can be caused by high levels of glucose entering cardiovascular cells, ...
Dec 06, 2010 |
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Type of vitamin B1 could treat common cause of blindness
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered that a form of vitamin B1 could become a new and effective treatment for one of the world's leading causes of blindness.
Apr 23, 2009 |
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'Silver bullet' supplement could slow brain aging
Professor David Rollo and a group of researchers at McMaster may have found a "silver bullet" when it comes to slowing the aging of the brain.
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Unraveling malaria's genetic mysteries
(PhysOrg.com) -- Simon Fraser University researchers in biology and computing sciences are starting to piece together a picture that may help scientists and doctors save more than a million lives annually.
Dec 22, 2011 |
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In the absence of vitamin A, the body loses immune cells that put the brakes on the earliest stages of infection
Scientists have recognized the immune-boosting capabilities of vitamin A for the better part of a century, even without fully understanding how it helps the body fight off bacteria and viruses. "Soon after ...
Apr 01, 2011 |
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Study suggests vitamin therapy may be harmful to breast cancer patients
(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent University of Georgia study indicates that a common vitamin used to treat breast cancer victims might actually be harmful to patients. The study, by Jason Zastre, an assistant professor in the UGA ...
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Vitamins identified as key nutrient which may promote harmful algal blooms in coastal waters
(PhysOrg.com) -- Harmful algal blooms, which negatively affect coastal ecosystems, public health, economies and fisheries around the world, may be promoted by vitamins B-1 and B-12 according to Stony Brook University scientists, ...
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Orange corn holds promise for reducing blindness, child death
Decreasing or increasing the function of a newly discovered gene in corn may increase vitamin A content and have significant implications for reducing childhood blindness and mortality rates, according to ...
Mar 29, 2010 |
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Researchers find formula that forestalls aging
Researchers at McMaster University have developed a cocktail of ingredients that forestalls major aspects of the aging process.
Feb 11, 2010 |
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Eat your greens: they can prevent the ill-effects of toxins in foods
(PhysOrg.com) -- LLNL researchers have found that a small dose of chlorophyll or chlorophyllin, found in green leafy vegetables, could reverse the effects of aflatoxin poisoning, a potent, naturally occurring ...
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Genomes of biofuel yeasts reveal clues that could boost fuel ethanol production
As global temperatures and energy costs continue to soar, renewable sources of energy will be key to a sustainable future. An attractive replacement for gasoline is biofuel, and in two studies published online in Genome Re ...
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Bird population declines in northern Europe are explained by thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency
Wild birds of several species are dying in large numbers from a paralytic disease with hitherto unknown cause in the Baltic Sea area. A research team at Stockholm University, Sweden, led by Associate Professor Lennart Balk, ...
Jul 14, 2009 |
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