Certain genes boost fish oils' protection against breast cancer
...d peroxidation. When antioxidants are introduce to battle the effects of peroxidation, though, the cancer continues to grow. "Our findings may have practical implications in treatment and prevention strategies for breast cancer," says Gago-Dominguez. "Marine n-3 fatty acids have been shown to enhance the ca...Genetically modified bacterium as remedy for intestinal diseases
...10. The IL-10 bacterium shows great promise in the battle against chronic inflammations and is now being tested on patients. Klaas Vandenbroucke and his VIB colleagues, under the direction of Pieter Rottiers and Erik Remaut, took the earlier research further and placed the mouse gene with the code for mous...The birth of reproductive health: A difficult delivery
... argues that since the Cairo Conference, "a fierce battle has emerged between religious conservatives who eschew abortion and condoms in favour of abstinence and fidelity, and more liberal voices who argue for a full armamentarium." The fight between conservatives and liberals is clearest, she argues...Battle between bubbles might have started evolution
...Institute researchers are proposing that the first battle for survival-of-the-fittest might have played out as a simple physical duel between fatty bubbles stuffed with genetic material. The scientists suggest that genetic material that replicated quickly may have been all the bubbles needed to edge out the...Study of flu patients reveals virus outsmarting key drug
...edy, claiming 21 million lives - more than died in battle in World War I. One billion people - nearly half of the earth's population at the time - were infected. The new study of Japanese children portrays what might happen in a pandemic as the immune system of a child, never before exposed to a flu virus, ...New mechanism for display of foreign proteins to immune system
... cytotoxic T lymphocytes to spring into action and battle the abnormal cells. One of the ways that sentinel cells accomplish crosspresentation has been described in detail. Antigens are internalized into a specific compartment, transferred to the cytosol, chopped up by proteosomes, and then transported by t...Biologists deciphering complex lemur scent language
...mate/FlashFiles/dukeNew19.html . Preparations for battle begin when male combatants load their "weapons" — vigorously rubbing their tails against their shoulders and between their wrists, infusing the fur with scent from glands there. So armed — or tailed — they launch their attacks, feathe...Size does matter when choosing a mate
...and females of the same species is all down to the battle for a mate, according to a study of shorebirds pub...e world. They found that in larger shorebirds the battle between males for a mate is highly competitive and larger size offers an advantage over other potent......s have discovered novel therapeutic targets in the battle of the bulge. By altering the expression of a single -- albeit different gene, Drs. Roger Davis (UMASS Medical School, USA) and Ying-Hue Lee (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) have succeeded in creating two different strains of transgenic mice that don't gai...Save the rainforest - eat a tree
...ontrol but allows other trees to thrive. "The battle between plants and insects increases the number of habitats in the rainforest," thus increasing the diversity of trees living there, says biology doctoral student Paul Fine, first author of the study published July 30 in the journal Science. ...HIV reveals evolution of a primate defense against intragenomic infiltrators
... Harmit Malik investigate the genetic roots of the battle for evolutionary advantage between HIV-type viruse...mic conflict endowed APOBEC3G with the means to do battle with foreign retroviruses like HIV. Therefore, despite being only recently discovered, editing of RN...Study: Artificial sweetener may disrupt body's ability to count calories
...ories consumed and engaging in regular exercise to battle the bulge. The Purdue's researchers' study, "A Pavlovian Approach to the Problem of Obesity," appears in the July issue of International Journal of Obesity. Davidson and Swithers, members of the Ingestive Behavior Research Center at Purdue, suggest t...New milestones on the path to conquering HIV drug resistance (AIDS)
... of large molecules. "We have been fighting this battle together for more than 15 years," said Hughes. "We...s cleverness. We are making good progress, but the battle is far from over." HIV RT uses ingredients available within the cell as building blocks to make the ...Study probes ecosystem of tree holes
... generally thriving community where these critters battle each other in a mini-survival-of-the-fittest. To perform his study, Kneitel recreated the tree hole ecosystem in the laboratory, which allowed him to change the parameters to create different ecological situations. The most common disturbance...Clemson researcher receives Komen grant
...on be translated into clinic and contribute to the battle against breast cancer," said Chen.More than 200,000 new U.S. breast cancer cases are diagnosed each year. Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women and can be diagnosed in men. Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolle...Researchers awarded $2 million to create high-tech tools for fighting wildfires
...nds of frontline firefighters deciding how best to battle the blaze. With millions of dollars in property lost and millions of acres in the American West burned by devastating wildfires in recent years, researchers at the University of Colorado at Denver, the University of Kentucky, Texas A&M University, Ro...East Texas feral hog numbers skyrocketed in last decade
...portunity for those landowners already locked in a battle to reduce hog populations," Higginbotham said. Higginbotham also noted that because feral hogs are elusive, usually nocturnal and perfer dense cover, shooting rarely has much effect upon the population. "The first recommendation is to use live-tra...National Foundation For Cancer Research names UCSD's Webster Cavenee NFCR Fellow
...s that may lead to more effective therapies in the battle to eliminate cancer. "After working with Dr. Cavenee for two years, we feel his research is unequivocal in the understanding of tumors and how they react under a variety of conditions," said Franklin C. Salisbury, Jr., president of NFCR. "His disc...Key gene identified for development of inner-ear structure required for balance
... paper, who passed away February 6 after a lengthy battle with breast cancer....Intelligent design: The new 'big tent' for evolution's critics
...r intellectual primacy in the apparently ceaseless battle over the origins of life. The newest combatants, known as "intelligent-design theorists," reject both theistic and naturalistic evolution and, instead, claim evidence of the hand of an unknown "intelligent designer" in the genesis of life. But for Ro...