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Gene Involved in Sperm-To-Egg Binding Is Key to Fertility in Mammals
2.5.2012 | Press monitoring
Experts from Durham University have identified a new gene that could help the development of fertility treatments in humans in the future. Scientists from Durham University, UK, and Osaka University, Japan, looking at fertility in mice, have discovered for the first time that the gene, which makes a protein called PDILT, enables sperm to bind to...
Vegetarian Cutlet: New Method to Prepare a Meat Substitute
26.4.2012 | Press monitoring
Meat production is complicated, costly and not eco-friendly: fatted animals have to consume five to eight kilos of grain just to generate one kilogram of meat. It would be simpler and more sustainable if one were to make cutlets out of seed -- without the detour through the animal's body. Impossible? Not entirely: there are plants that are...
Fibre Protects Against Cardiovascular Disease, Especially in Women
25.4.2012 | Press monitoring
Foods high in fiber provide good protection against cardiovascular disease, and the effect is particularly marked in women. The new study, which was recently published in the scientific journal PLoS One, involved the study of the eating habits of over 20,000 residents of the Swedish city of Malmö, with a focus on the risk of cardiovascular...
Cancer-Fighting Goodness Found in Cholesterol, Study Suggests
24.4.2012 | Press monitoring
A Simon Fraser University researcher is among four scientists who argue that cholesterol may slow or stop cancer cell growth. They describe how cholesterol-binding proteins called ORPs may control cell growth. Beh and his colleagues noted that genetic changes engineered by them block the ability of ORPs to bind cholesterol but don't stop ORPs...
Aspirin: New Evidence Is Helping Explain Additional Health Benefits and Open Potential for New Uses
23.4.2012 | Press monitoring
New evidence is helping explain additional health benefits of aspirin. Researchers in Canada, Scotland and Australia have discovered that salicylate, the active ingredient in aspirin, directly increases the activity of the protein AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase), a key player in regulating cell growth and metabolism. "We're finding this old...
Positive Feelings May Help Protect Cardiovascular Health
20.4.2012 | Press monitoring
Over the last few decades numerous studies have shown negative states, such as depression, anger, anxiety, and hostility, to be detrimental to cardiovascular health. Less is known about how positive psychological characteristics are related to heart health. In the first and largest systematic review on this topic to date, Harvard School of Public...
Blood Type A May Predispose to Some Rotavirus Infections
18.4.2012 | Press monitoring
Whether you become infected by some strains of rotavirus may depend on your blood type. Some strains of rotavirus find their way into the cells of the gastrointestinal tract by recognizing antigens associated with the type A blood group, a finding that represents a new paradigm in understanding how this gut pathogen infects humans, said Baylor...
Newly Approved Treatment for Acid Reflux Disease Available
17.4.2012 | Press monitoring
Mayo Clinic in Florida will be one of the first health care institutions in the United States to offer a newly approved device to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The condition, also known as acid reflux disease, can lead to serious health problems. GERD is a condition in which liquid, or food, in the stomach flows back up into the...
Artificial Photosynthesis Breakthrough: Fast Molecular Catalyzer
16.4.2012 | Press monitoring
Researchers have managed to construct a molecular catalyzer that can oxidize water to oxygen very rapidly. Speed has been the main problem, the bottleneck, when it comes to creating perfect artificial photosynthesis. But now, together with research colleagues, he has imitated natural photosynthesis and created a record-fast molecular catalyzer....
Positive Stress’ Helps Protect Eye from Glaucoma
13.4.2012 | Press monitoring
Working in mice, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have devised a treatment that prevents the optic nerve injury that occurs in glaucoma, a neurodegenerative disease that is a leading cause of blindness. Researchers increased the resistance of optic nerve cells to damage by repeatedly exposing the mice to low...
