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The Biology Behind Alcohol-Induced Blackouts

11.7.2011   |   Press monitoring

Neuroscientists have identified the brain cells involved in blackouts and the molecular mechanism that appears to underlie them. They report that exposure to large amounts of alcohol does not necessarily kill brain cells as once was thought. Rather, alcohol interferes with key receptors in the brain, which in turn manufacture steroids that inhibit...

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A Mother's Salt Intake Could Be Key to Prenatal Kidney Development

8.7.2011   |   Press monitoring

A new animal study from Europe has drawn an association between pregnant mothers' sodium intake and their newborn's kidney development. Among the most significant aspects of the study's findings is that either too much or too little salt during pregnancy had an adverse effect on the prenatal development of the offspring's kidneys. The consequence...

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Air pollution linked to learning and memory problems, depression

7.7.2011   |   Press monitoring

Long-term exposure to air pollution can lead to physical changes in the brain, as well as learning and memory problems and even depression, new research in mice suggests.

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Gastric bacterium Helicobacter pylori protects against asthma

4.7.2011   |   Press monitoring

Infection with the gastric bacterium Helicobacter pylori provides reliable protection against allergy-induced asthma, immunologists from the University of Zurich have demonstrated in an animal model together with allergy specialists from the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.

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Sea urchins see with their whole body

30.6.2011   |   Press monitoring

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have shown that sea urchins see with their entire body despite having no eyes at all. The study has been published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). But some creatures, such as sea urchins, can react to light even though they do not have eyes. Previous...

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First Patients Receive Lab-Grown Blood Vessels from Donor Cells

29.6.2011   |   Press monitoring

For the first time, blood vessels created in the lab from donor skin cells were successfully implanted in patients. Functioning blood vessels that aren't rejected by the immune system could be used to make durable shunts for kidney dialysis, and potentially to improve treatment for children with heart defects and adults needing coronary or other...

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A Breath of Fresh Air for Detecting Vitamin B12 Deficiency

28.6.2011   |   Press monitoring

Researchers have developed a new test to detect the levels of vitamin B12 using your breath, allowing for a cheaper, faster, and simpler diagnosis that could help to avoid the potentially fatal symptoms of B12 deficiency. The researchers, from the University of Florida at Gainesville and Metabolic Solutions, Inc. of Nashua, NH, acknowledged that...

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Birds' Eye View Is Far More Colorful Than Our Own

27.6.2011   |   Press monitoring

The brilliant colors of birds have inspired poets and nature lovers, but researchers at Yale University and the University of Cambridge say these existing hues represent only a fraction of what birds are capable of seeing.

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New Discoveries in Diabetes Suggest Novel Ways to Treat, Delay the Disease

24.6.2011   |   Press monitoring

A study conducted by researchers at Karolinska Institutet's Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery presents a possible method of delaying the disease. Type I diabetes coincides with high blood concentrations of the lipoprotein apolipoprotein CIII (ApoCIII). The team has now demonstrated on rats, which develop a form of type I diabetes...

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Mystery ingredient in coffee boosts protection against Alzheimer's disease

22.6.2011   |   Press monitoring

A yet unidentified component of coffee interacts with the beverage's caffeine, which could be a surprising reason why daily coffee intake protects against Alzheimer's disease. A new Alzheimer's mouse study by researchers at the University of South Florida found that this interaction boosts blood levels of a critical growth factor that seems to...

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