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Bacteria in the Gut May Influence Brain Development
3.2.2011 | Press monitoring
A team of scientists from around the globe have found that gut bacteria may influence mammalian brain development and adult behavior. The study is published in the scientific journal PNAS, and is the result of an ongoing collaboration between scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the Genome Institute of Singapore.
Deficiency of Dietary Omega-3 May Explain Depressive Behaviors
2.2.2011 | Press monitoring
How maternal essential fatty acid deficiency impact on its progeny is poorly understood. Dietary insufficiency in omega-3 fatty acid has been implicated in many disorders. Researchers from Inserm and INRA and their collaborators in Spain collaboration, have studied mice fed on a diet low in omega-3 fatty acid. They discovered that reduced levels...
Little-known growth factor enhances memory, prevents forgetting in rats
1.2.2011 | Press monitoring
A naturally occurring growth factor significantly boosted retention and prevented forgetting of a fear memory when injected into rats' memory circuitry during time-limited windows when memories become fragile and changeable. In the study funded by the National Institutes of Health, animals treated with insulin-like growth factor (IGF-II) excelled...
Newly Discovered Group of Algae Live in Both Fresh Water and Ocean
28.1.2011 | Press monitoring
A team of biologists has discovered an entirely new group of algae living in a wide variety of marine and freshwater environments. This group of algae, which the researchers dubbed "rappemonads," have DNA that is distinctly different from that of other known algae. In fact, humans and mushrooms are more closely related to each other than...
Scientists used accelerated evolution to develop enzymes that provide protection against nerve gas
27.1.2011 | Press monitoring
A multidisciplinary team of scientists succeeded in developing an enzyme that breaks down such organophosphorus nerve agents efficiently before damage to nerves and muscles is caused. Their results have recently been published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology. The method that the scientists developed closely mimics what happens in the body...
Celiac Patients Can Eat Hydrolyzed Wheat Flour, Study Finds
26.1.2011 | Press monitoring
Baked goods made from hydrolyzed wheat flour are not toxic to celiac disease patients, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute. Celiac disease occurs in the digestive system when people cannot tolerate a protein called gluten, which...
Prion Disease Spreads in Sheep Via Mother's Milk
25.1.2011 | Press monitoring
Transmission of prion brain diseases such as bovine spongiform enecephalopathy (BSE) -- also known as mad cow disease -- and human variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is generally attributed to the consumption of the brain or organ meat of infected animals but new research demonstrates lambs exposed to milk from prion-infected sheep with...
Birth Control Pills Do Not Cause Weight Gain, New Research Suggests
24.1.2011 | Press monitoring
According to research conducted at the Oregon National Primate Research Center at Oregon Health & Science University, the commonly held belief that oral contraceptives cause weight gain appears to be false. The results of the study are published online and will appear in next month's edition of the journal Human Reproduction.
Are sharks color blind?
21.1.2011 | Press monitoring
Sharks are unable to distinguish colors, even though their close relatives rays and chimaeras have some color vision, according to new research by Dr. Nathan Scott Hart and colleagues from the University of Western Australia and the University of Queensland in Australia.
Scientists aim to bring mammoth back to life
20.1.2011 | Press monitoring
A team of researchers will attempt to resurrect the species using cloning technologies after obtaining tissue this summer from the carcass of a mammoth preserved in a Russian mammoth research laboratory. It has already established a technique to extract DNA from frozen cells.
