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Generation of Functional Thyroid Tissue from Stem Cells
16.10.2012 | Press monitoring
The generation of functional thyroid tissue from stem cells could allow the treatment of patients, which suffer from thyroid hormone deficiency due to defective function, or abnormal development of the thyroid gland. The team of Sabine Costagliola at the IRIBHM (Université Libre de Bruxelles) recently developed a protocol that allowed for the...
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012: Smart Receptors On Cell Surfaces
15.10.2012 | Press monitoring
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2012 to Robert J. Lefkowitz Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Duke University Medical Center and Brian K. Kobilka Stanford University School of Medicine "for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors." Your body is a fine-tuned system of interactions...
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 Awarded for Discovery That Mature Cells Can Be Reprogrammed to Become Pluripotent
10.10.2012 | Press monitoring
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 jointly to John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent. The Nobel Prize recognizes two scientists who discovered that mature, specialised cells can be reprogrammed to...
New Study Sheds Light On Cancer-Protective Properties of Milk
9.10.2012 | Press monitoring
Milk consumption has been linked to improved health, with decreased risks of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and colon cancer. A group of scientists in Sweden found that lactoferricin4-14 (Lfcin4-14), a milk protein with known health effects, significantly reduces the growth rate of colon cancer cells over time by prolonging the period of the cell...
Tanning Beds Linked to Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
8.10.2012 | Press monitoring
Indoor tanning beds can cause non-melanoma skin cancer -- and the risk is greater the earlier one starts tanning, according to a new analysis led by UCSF. Indoor tanning is already an established risk factor for malignant melanoma, the less common but deadliest form of skin cancer. Now, the new study confirms that indoor tanning significantly...
Intelligence Is in the Genes, but Where?
5.10.2012 | Press monitoring
Psychologists have long known that intelligence, like most other traits, is partly genetic. But a new study led by psychological scientist Christopher Chabris of Union College reveals the surprising fact that most of the specific genes long thought to be linked to intelligence probably have no bearing on one's IQ. And it may be some time before...
Zinc Deficiency Mechanism Linked to Aging, Multiple Diseases
4.10.2012 | Press monitoring
A new study has outlined for the first time a biological mechanism by which zinc deficiency can develop with age, leading to a decline of the immune system and increased inflammation associated with many health problems, including cancer, heart disease, autoimmune disease and diabetes. The research suggests that it's especially important for...
Liver Cells, Insulin-Producing Cells, Thymus Can Be Grown in Lymph Nodes
2.10.2012 | Press monitoring
Lymph nodes can provide a suitable home for a variety of cells and tissues from other organs, suggesting that a cell-based alternative to whole organ transplantation might one day be feasible, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and its McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine. In a report recently...
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...
