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Eye Proteins Have Germ-Killing Power, Could Lead to New Antimicrobial Drugs
1.10.2012 | Press monitoring
When it comes to germ-busting power, the eyes have it, according to a discovery by UC Berkeley researchers that could lead to new, inexpensive antimicrobial drugs. Proteins in the eye can help keep pathogens at bay, finds a new UC Berkeley study. A team of UC Berkeley vision scientists has found that small fragments of keratin protein in the eye...
Taking Gingko Biloba Does Not Improve Memory
27.9.2012 | Press monitoring
Taking Gingko biloba supplements does not improve memory, attention or problem solving in healthy individuals, according to researchers from the University of Hertfordshire. The paper, published in Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, is the first meta-analytic review examining the effects of Gingko biloba on healthy people across...
Body Fat Location May Determine Type 2 Diabetes Risk for Obese Patients
26.9.2012 | Press monitoring
Obese individuals with excess visceral fat (abdominal fat that surrounds the body's internal organs) have an increased risk for the development of Type 2 diabetes, according to a new study by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. By contrast, persons with excess abdominal subcutaneous fat (fat underneath the skin) were not at higher risk...
Oral Bacteria May Signal Pancreatic Cancer Risk
24.9.2012 | Press monitoring
Pancreatic cancer is highly lethal and difficult to detect early. In a new study, researchers report that people who had high levels of antibodies for an infectious oral bacterium turned out to have double the risk for developing the cancer. High antibody levels for harmless oral bacteria, meanwhile, predicted a reduced pancreatic cancer risk. A...
Lack of Sleep Affects Bone Health and Bone Marrow Activity
20.9.2012 | Press monitoring
Scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin, in a team led by Carol Everson, Ph.D., professor of neurology, cell biology, neurobiology and anatomy, have discovered abnormalities in bone and bone marrow in rats undergoing chronic lack of sleep. They discovered abnormalities in serum markers of bone metabolism in sleep-deprived rats, which led...
Millions of Europeans Still at Risk from High Trans Fatty Acid Content in Popular Foods
19.9.2012 | Press monitoring
The heart health of millions of Europeans is still at risk because of the persistently high trans fatty acid content of certain fast and convenience foods, indicates research published in the online journal BMJ Open. While the overall TFA fat content of foods has fallen, few European countries have imposed any legal limits, meaning that it is...
Getting (Drugs) Under Your Skin: Using Ultrasound Waves, Researchers Boost Skin\'s Permeability to Drugs
18.9.2012 | Press monitoring
Using ultrasound waves, MIT engineers have found a way to enhance the permeability of skin to drugs, making transdermal drug delivery more efficient. This technology could pave the way for noninvasive drug delivery or needle-free vaccinations, according to the researchers. Ultrasound -- sound waves with frequencies greater than the upper limit of...
Novel Non-Antibiotic Agents Against MRSA and Strep Infections
17.9.2012 | Press monitoring
Menachem Shoham, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has discovered novel antivirulence drugs that, without killing the bacteria, render Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) and Streptococcus pyogenes, commonly referred to as strep, harmless by preventing the production of...
Metabolic Engineer Synthesizes Key Breast Milk Ingredient: Sugar in Human Milk May Protect Babies from Pathogens
12.9.2012 | Press monitoring
A University of Illinois microbial engineer has synthesized a sugar in human milk that is thought to protect babies from pathogens. That's important because 2FL, the shorthand scientists use to describe this human milk oligosaccharide (HMO), has not been added to infant formula because HMOs are incredibly expensive. "We know these...
Non-Alcoholic Red Wine May Help Reduce High Blood Pressure
10.9.2012 | Press monitoring
Men with high risk for heart disease had lower blood pressure after drinking non-alcoholic red wine every day for four weeks, according to a new study in the American Heart Association journal Circulation Research. Non-alcoholic red wine increased participants' levels of nitric oxide, which helped decrease both systolic and diastolic blood...
