Lycopene slows human prostate tumour growth in mice and combined with vitamin E is even better
...w been underpinned by new research demonstrating a beneficial effect in human prostate tumours grown in mice. A Phase II study testing the compounds in cancer patients is now under way. The findings of the animal study are being reported by Dutch research scientist Dr. Jacqueline Limpens at the EORTC-NCI-AACR[1...Researchers identify protein promoting vascular tumor growth
...ake free radicals and promote angiogenesis that is beneficial in the wound-healing process. "There are times when you want to promote angiogenesis, but not with tumors, because it contributes to tumor growth," Gordillo said. "MCP-1 can be brought in as a repair response to help people with wounds, b...16 APS exercise research highlights, from reduced flu mortality to proteomics & obesity
...asurable fat loss play a key role in mediating the beneficial effects of exercise on whole-body insulin action. 20.23 Elizabeth Mitchell, et al. (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Effects of short-term exercise in negative or zero energy balance on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors.CVD risk facto...Genes expose secrets of sex on the side
...riability of the Y chromosome by suggesting that a beneficial mutation on the Y had swept through the whole worl...rs found contradicts those ideas. If a beneficial mutation had swept through the males, men's common paternal ancestor would be the same age no matter...Resveratrol synthase uncovered: Cyclization specificity of type III polyketide synthases
...ynthase, the enzyme that produces resveratrol, the beneficial phytonutrient found in red wine. Plant natural products called stilbenes can confer antifungal resistance to host plants and have been shown to possess health benefits for humans and other animals when present in their diet. The best known stilb...Case for IBD combination therapy comes from research at Baylor, MIT and Hebrew University
... that the human (and animal) gut is full of mostly beneficial bacteria. In IBD and other diseases researchers have taken an approach that reintroduces these positive bacteria, allow them to repopulate the gut and quite often they produce their own anti-inflammatory chemicals. One of the major such "bugs" is the...New research suggests link between maternal diet and childhood leukemia risk
...e of protein sources, such as beef and beans, as a beneficial food group in lowering childhood leukemia risk. "The health benefits of fruits and vegetables have been known for a long time," said principal investigator Gladys Block, professor of epidemiology and public health nutrition at U.C. Berkeley. "What we...Select research highlights from current AACR journals
... cancer in postmenopausal women pack a significant beneficial side effect in laboratory animals. Exemestane and letrozole was shown to significantly prevent bone loss, enhance bone mechanical strength and lower serum cholesterol levels. The inhibitor drugs act by interfering with estrogen synthesis and depletin...Humans march to a faster genetic 'drummer' than primates, UC Riverside research says
...r genomic rearrangements. At times the results are beneficial in that they give rise to new proteins or an altered gene regulation. Sometimes the mutations result in the growth of a cancer tumor, or some other genetic defect. The team, which also included Rosaleen Gibbons, Lars J. Dugaiczyk, Thomas Girke, Bria...JGI announces community sequencing program portfolio
...small molecules produced by this plant that may be beneficial for human health and agriculture." JGI's sequencing will also target several animals selected to fill critical gaps in the tree of life. One will be the leech Helobdella, long used as a model system by biologists studying embryological development a...Testing the fitness of biological clocks
...nford. He suggested that circadian clocks might be beneficial even in an unchanging environment. There was some indirect support for this proposition. In one experiment, for example, populations of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, were raised in constant illumination for hundreds of generations. Neverthe...Virus known for its photo ops makes its movie screen debut
...her than E. coli. T4 might then be used to deliver beneficial genes to damaged or infected human tissue." The research was performed at Purdue and the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry in Moscow by a team of scientists including first author Petr G. Leiman, Paul R. Chipman, Victor A. Kostyuchenko, Vadim V. Mes...Muscles are smarter than you think
...onstrated for the first time that acidity could be beneficial to muscle performance, although it was not clear how this occurred. The La Trobe/Aarhus team identified the underlying mechanism of why acidity is beneficial, discovering that our muscles use a 'clever trick'. Muscle contraction in a skeletal muscle ...Heartless worms hold clues to cardiac arrhythmias, sudden death
...fore it is approved." Even medicines that might be beneficial for the vast majority of patients do not make it to the market or have been pulled from the market -- if they block HERG, Petersen said. "The pharmaceutical industry is very interested in finding ways to screen for susceptibility to acquired long Q...Embryonic stem cell therapy shows steady benefits in rebuilding infarcted heart
...in the host myocardium, can contribute to a stable beneficial outcome on contractile function and ventricular remodeling in the infarcted heart." Going a step further, they add that "the stable benefit of embryonic stem cell therapy on myocardial structure and function in this experimental model supports the po...Study narrows search for genes placing men at increased risk for prostate cancer
...s much earlier. Early-stage treatment is far more beneficial in prostate cancer," she says. In addition, she noted, prostate cancers in men who possess susceptibility genes tend to be more aggressive--and more often fatal--than prostate cancers in men who are not genetically prone to the disease. "This study...Rare mutations can significantly increase risk factor for heart disease
...ns can contribute significantly to low levels of a beneficial form of cholesterol in the blood, researchers have found. Low levels of this cholesterol, known as high-density lipoprotein (HDL), are a major risk factor for heart disease. Gene mutations previously known to affect HDL levels had small effects indi...Prions act as stepping stones in evolution
...e first time we've seen a prion affect a cell in a beneficial way that can determine the evolution of an organism," says Heather True, lead author of the paper, which will appear August 15 in the online edition of the journal Nature . Previously, True and Whitehead Institute Director Susan Lindquist reported...Tobacco promising factory for biopharmaceuticals
...g new vaccines. Plant-made vaccines are especially beneficial because plants are free of human diseases, reducing the cost to screen for viruses and bacterial toxins. "Recombinant protein production from transgenic plants is challenging, not just from the molecular biology aspect of creating high expression pla...Scientists identify compounds that mimic calorie restriction
... possible to design drugs that imitate many of the beneficial effects of calorie restriction resulting in the pr...ceptors that play important roles in mediating the beneficial effects of calorie restriction. Our findings could be used to take a rational approach to designing ...