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Vitamin C Found To Prevent Bone Loss In Animal Models
Date: Oct-12-2012Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have shown for the first time in an animal model that vitamin C actively protects against osteoporosis, a disease affecting large numbers of elderly women and men in which bones become brittle and can fracture. The findings are published in the October 8 online edition of PLoS ONE...
More Effective Drugs With Fewer Side Effects Likely With Development Of Synthetic Liver Enzyme
Date: Oct-12-2012Medicines could be made to have fewer side effects and work in smaller doses with the help of a new technique that makes drug molecules more resistant to breakdown by the human liver. Researchers based at Princeton University reported in the journal Science that they created a synthetic enzyme that acts as a catalyst to replace certain hydrogen atoms of a drug molecule with fluorine atoms. This swap stabilizes the molecule and makes it resistant to the liver enzymes that can inactivate a drug or create toxic byproducts...
Exploring The Effects Of Intense Music Training On Cognitive Development
Date: Oct-12-2012The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, the USC Brain and Creativity Institute and Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) are delighted to announce a longitudinal research collaboration to investigate the emotional, social and cognitive effects of musical training on childhood brain development. The five-year research project, Effects of Early Childhood Musical Training on Brain and Cognitive Development, will offer USC researchers an important opportunity to provide new insights and add rigorous data to an emerging discussion about the role of early music engagement in learning and brain function...
The Study Of Cancer Could Be Revolutionized By Animal Models Developed By Researchers At IDIBELL And ICO
Date: Oct-12-2012Some animal models developed by researchers at the Institute of Biomedical Research of Bellvitge (IDIBELL) and the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) have served to validate the effectiveness of a new drug against ovarian cancer resistant to cisplatin. The multidisciplinary work, done in collaboration with the biopharmaceutical company Pharmamar, was published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research. The human tumor tissue is implanted in the same nude mouse organ from which it came...
Intestinal Microbial Flora Altered By Chronic Kidney Disease
Date: Oct-12-2012Chronic kidney disease changes the composition of intestinal bacterial microbes that normally play a crucial role in staving off disease-causing pathogens and maintaining micronutrient balance, according to UC Irvine researchers. This profound alteration of the gut microbial population may contribute to the production of uremic toxins, systemic and local inflammation, and nutritional abnormalities present in patients with advanced renal disease, they said. Study leader Dr. N.D...
Gene Discovered Behind Rare Disorders May Have Links With Other Neurodegenerative Diseases
Date: Oct-12-2012Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro, McGill University working with a team at Oxford University have uncovered the genetic defect underlying a group of rare genetic disorders. Using a new technique that has revolutionized genetic studies, the teams determined that mutations in the RMND1 gene were responsible for severe neurodegenerative disorders, in two infants, ultimately leading to their early death...
Feeding The Schwanns: New Technique Could Bring Cell Therapy For Nerve Damage A Step Closer
Date: Oct-11-2012A new way to grow cells vital for nerve repair, developed by researchers from the University of Sheffield, could be a vital step for use in patients with severe nerve damage, including spinal injury (1). Schwann cells are known to boost and amplify nerve growth in animal models, but their clinical use hasbeen held back because they are difficult, time-consuming and costly to culture...
Testosterone Makes Men More Honest
Date: Oct-11-2012Testosterone is a well-known male hormone which affects many aspects of a man's life, but it may also play a part in altering social behavior, including lying. Men who have more of the hormone seem to lie less frequently than those who have lower levels, according to Professor Dr. Armin Falk, from the University of Bonn, and colleagues. A recent study, which was published in PLoS ONE, revealed that in "make-believe" circumstances, individuals who were administered testosterone lied significantly less than those who were given a placebo...
Multiple Sclerosis Yielding Secrets But Questions Remain
Date: Oct-11-2012More than two million people worldwide have multiple sclerosis (MS). In a worrying trend, the number of new patients appears to be increasing - especially the number of women, compared with men, developing this chronic incurable disease of the central nervous system. This week more than 7000 leading MS physicians and researchers are in Lyon, France, attending the annual scientific conference of The European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS)...
Minutes Of Intense Exercise Cuts Work Out Time In Half
Date: Oct-11-2012Researchers show that exercisers can burn as many as 25 calories in only 2.5 minutes by incorporating sprint interval training, dramatically cutting the time needed for a work-out. In this new study conducted by a team from the University of Colorado Anschultz Medical Campus and Colorado State University, researchers compared volunteers' energy disbursement on two separate days, one on which they completed a sprint interval workout on a stationary bicycle...
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