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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.
Room Light Before Bedtime May Impact Sleep Quality, Blood Pressure and Diabetes Risk
19.1.2011 | Press monitoring
According to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), exposure to electrical light between dusk and bedtime strongly suppresses melatonin levels and may impact physiologic processes regulated by melatonin signaling, such as sleepiness, thermoregulation, blood pressure...
Trapped Sunlight Cleans Water
18.1.2011 | Press monitoring
According to an article in the journal Biomicrofluidics, which is published by the American Institute of Physics, a new system that combines two different technologies proposes to break down contaminants using the cheapest possible energy source, sunlight. Microfluidics -- transporting water through tiny channels -- and photocatalysis -- using...
Genetically Modified Chickens That Don't Transmit Bird Flu Developed
17.1.2011 | Press monitoring
Chickens genetically modified to prevent them spreading bird flu have been produced by researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh.
