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Got zinc? New zinc research suggests novel therapeutic targets

Biology / Other

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Everyone knows that vitamins "from A to zinc" are important for good health. Now, a new research study in the August 2009 print issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that zinc may be pointing the way to new th ...


New trial casts doubt on role of zinc supplements in diarrhea treatment

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Zinc supplementation can be ineffective in the treatment of diarrhea. A randomised controlled trial published in the open access journal BMC Medicine has shown that supplementation with either zinc or zinc and copper is no ...


Zinc supplements during pregnancy may counteract damage from early alcohol exposure

Medicine & Health / Other

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

Animal research has shown that binge drinking - even just once - during early pregnancy can cause numerous problems for the fetus, including early postnatal death. Fetal zinc deficiency may explain some of the birth defects ...





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Trace elements unbalanced in dialysis patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Abnormal levels of trace elements may explain dialysis morbidity. A systematic review published in the open access journal BMC Medicine has shown that, compared to healthy controls, dialysis patients have significantly differ ...


Additive copper-zinc interaction affects toxic response in soybean

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Agricultural soils accumulate trace metals, particularly copper and zinc, as a result of their presence in wastes (sewage biosolids and manures) and fungicides that are applied over long periods of time. Regulations and guidelines ...


Think zinc: Molecular sensor could reveal zinc's role in diseases

Think zinc: Molecular sensor could reveal zinc's role in diseases

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 30, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientists have developed a new molecular sensor that can reveal the amount of zinc in cells, which could tell us more about a number of diseases, including type 2 diabetes. The research, published today in ...


New rechargeable zinc-air batteries coming soon

New rechargeable zinc-air batteries coming soon

Technology / Energy

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (44) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new breed of rechargeable zinc-air batteries is soon to be available, and may replace lithium-ion batteries in cell phones, laptops and other consumer items. Lithium-ion batteries store ...


A safe approach to nanotechnology: Boiling up zinc oxide nanorods without toxic solvents

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A non-toxic and environmentally friendly way to make tiny nanorods of zinc oxide has been developed for the first time by researchers in Saudi Arabia. The approach, described in the current issue of the International Journal of ...


Researchers propose a relationship between androgen deficiency and cardiovascular disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in collaboration with researchers from Lahey Clinic Northshore, Peabody, Mass., believe that androgen deficiency might be the underlying cause for a variety of ...


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 ...


Bird population declines in northern Europe are explained by thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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, ...


'Nanospears' could lead to better solar cells, lasers, lighting

'Nanospears' could lead to better solar cells, lasers, lighting

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (14) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Growing - and precisely aligning - microscopic, spear-shaped zinc oxide crystals on a surface of single-crystal silicon, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology may have ...


Vitamin C deficiency impairs early brain development

Vitamin C deficiency impairs early brain development

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen shows that vitamin C deficiency may impair the mental development of new-born babies.



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