Rosemary May Have Anti-Cancer Properties
... formation of tumors. The Penn State researchers fed the rats a diet supplemented with 1 percentrosemar...DMBAbinding to the mammary cells, compared to rats fed a control diet. In a separate experiment, the researchers fed rats a diet with half as muchrosemar...... are unlucky in love. When males that hadn't been fed cantharidin attempted to mate, the females checked their heads for the compound and, finding none, curled their abdomens and rebuffed their advances. "Isn't it ironic that a compound with a misplaced reputation in human sexual behavior is actually u...New Software Provides Quick Analysis of ion-Channel Activity
...monitored and amplified. That information is then fed to the computer. The program then allows the researcher to develop accurate models of ion-channel behavior based on the experimental data. The program says, "Give me a dataset and the models that you think apply, said Sachs. It then calculates which...Selenium Supplements Can Reduce Cancer Rates
...colleagues of Combs' reported in 1995 that animals fed diets high in selenium had 50 percent fewer tumors than those fed diets of average selenium content. Combs is not recommending the use of oral supplements of selenium...Penn State Wetlands Project Seeks Scientific Evaluation Criteria
...ferently. "Brooks explains that forested wetlands fed by groundwater are the most abundant type of wetlands in the Mid-Atlantic area, and these forested areas are most commonly lost to development. If the forested wetlands are restored or created, the most common type is an open-water pond with emerg...Erodible plastic microspheres could be effective oral drug delivery system
...nindividual cells as early as one hour after being fed to rats. After three andsix hours, there was an intense uptake of the spheres by cells lining theintestines, liver and spleen. After the microspheres were given orally to the rats, the scientists founddicumarol first appeared in the bloodstream with...First Planned Release Of Captive Lemurs In Madagascar Wilds Expected In Fall
...a month in a cage in the rain forest. "They'll be fed a mixture of the local fruits and leaves that weknow lemurs eat there," Welch said. "At the end of the month,the door will be opened, but we may not immediately cut off the food. We'llcontinue to supplement their diet for as long as it takes for them...Resistance To Leptin Contributes To Obesity
...e, the Diet Induced Obese (DIO) mouse, is leanwhen fed regular mouse chow, but has an inherited predisposition to developobesity when fed a diet in which 45 percent of the calories are from fat. The second strain, the New Zealand Obese (N...Female Fireflies Lure Males For Defense Chemical
...hoturis fireflies -- unless they were artificially fed with the compound or were able to attract and eat Photinus fireflies. "To many of us, there's something intriguing and even romantic about fireflies in the night. Certainly some -- but not all -- of those fireflies have romance on their minds," said...Purdue Research Shows Omega-3S Benefit Bone
... and Mineral Research, found that bones of animals fed increased amounts of omega-3 fatty acids showed improved formation rates and were stronger when compared to bones of animals in a control group. Watkins did studies with both rats and chickens. Bones grow in response to the actions of muscles, Watkin...... mother's system regulates the amount of nutrients fed to herdeveloping baby through the bloodstream, but...e groups when they were 5 days old. One group was fed by motherrats. A second group was fed formula through stomach tubes to match the growthrate of the ...Many Dog Foods About Equal In Nutritional Value, Researchers Say
...s gas. They also may cost more, but they are often fed in lesser quantities becausethey contain higher levels of protein. Authors of the report were Fahey; animal-science graduate student SeanM. Murray; postdoctoral researcher Avinash R. Patil; and Neal R. Merchen,a professor of animal science and of nu...Promising Fatty Acid Research Leads To MS Clinical Trial
...course of the disease inanimal models of MS. When fed these fatty acids, in a purified form, rodentswith an experimental disease resembling MS did not develop disease. MS is thought to be due to the body's immune system attacking our own tissue. In MS myelin, an insulating material surrounding nerve cel...Cellular Engineers Design Custom Cell Surfaces Able To Adhere To Synthetic Materials
... known as ManNAc -- but Bertozzi and hercolleagues fed cultured cells an artificially synthesized precurs... natural (ManNAc)and unnatural (ManLev) precursors fed to the cells. Cell surfaces modified for specific reactions hold great promise in theconstr...Iron Deficiency Increases Likelihood Of Bone Fractures
...lowresearchers found that laboratory rats who were fed an iron-deficient dietshowed evidence of weakened ...d healthybones before.” The researchers fed some laboratory rats a healthy diet, while otherrats ate a diet deficient in either iron or copper. ...Microsurgery Made More Accurate With Virtual Measuring Tool
...shutter glasses. The live video images can both be fed into the computer for real time application of the VTM and simultaneously recorded onto a regular video recorder for subsequent analysis (See Fig. 1). To apply the VTM, the stereo-video image signal is sampled with the video board of a SGI (Silicon ......umans." These lesions are worse when the mice are fed ahigh-cholesterol, high-fat, Western type diet. "These mice now give us a good animal model to test the effects of dietconstituents, such as monounsaturated fats, trans fatty acids, fish oils, andvitamins, not only on the lipoprotein profile but...3-D Structure of Human Tumor-Suppressor Protein Produced
...stances from one another. Thisinformation was then fed into a computer to determine the molecule’sstructure. NMR spectroscopy uses a powerful magnetic field to make molecular measurements.The method enables the researchers to study the structure of the p16 proteinin a water solution, which more clo...Soy Phytoestrogens Reduce Carotid Atherosclerosis As Much As Premarin
...ens in postmenopausal monkeys,all of whom had been fed a "non-prudent diet" -- a diet high in cholesterol. The study was part of an overall program project which is looking at thepotential benefits of soy phytoestrogens as a postmenopausal therapy. Theprogram project is financed by the National ...Soy Protein With Phytoestrogens Inhibit Atherosclerosis Progression As Well As Premarin
...minal arteries called the iliacarteries in monkeys fed soy protein containing soy phytoestrogens, in monk... been extracted -- the controlgroup -- and monkeys fed soy protein from which the phytoestrogens had beenextracted and given a dose of Premarin. An...