Research sheds light on why protein-rich diets aid weight loss
...a moderately high protein diet may be the best for losing weight. The new findings suggest that eating more ...tor of muscle, which is important to maintain when losing weight. While the body makes many other amino acids, it does not produce leucine, so people need to ...Study shows how eye cells die when exposed to lead
...ight, such as truck drivers, or for people who are losing their rods due to disease or injury, finding a way to prevent the rods from dying is important." In June 2002, Fox and his colleagues published a study showing that 7- to 10-year-old children whose mothers had elevated levels of lead in their blood d...Genebanks: Preserving genetic diversity for Earths future
... She noted that the first line of defense against losing an endangered plant is to get genetically representative samples from the wild. Seeds are often the best way to store this material. The CPC currently has 607 species in its national collection. Stanley Leibo, a cryobiologist at the University of Ne......asically try to glue these cables together without losing the signal. It's very time and labor intensive," Sammakia said. Sammakia recognizes that small scale is going to be the big deal in electronics in the future and that the shift offers US researchers like those in the IEEC an important window of oppo...Genetic link may tie together pesticides, ADHD, Gulf War syndrome and other disorders
...s activity. The Salk team is working to detail how losing NTE function results in behavioral and neurological changes, as well as focusing on what happens when the gene for NTE is turned off in one part of the brain, but working in other areas. The Gulf War syndrome is a loosely defined collection of sympt...Folic acid-iron supplements reduce risk of low birth weight
...iencies during pregnancy may predispose mothers to losing their fetuses, having low birth weight newborns or infants who grow poorly. In rural Nepal alone, where more than 40 percent of babies are born low birth weight, a widespread micronutrient supplementation program could have a tremendous impact on the......ssical methods in a highly abstract manner without losing touch with important approaches to classical problems in differential equations and number theory. Hlne Esnault was born in Paris and studied mathematics there. After a temporary post at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn funded by a H...Stanford researchers review efficacy and safety of low-carbohydrate diets
...hin the short period of the studies. She also said losing weight typically leads to an improvement in some of these levels, so this could have had an impact on the numbers. While Bravata is pleased to be able to provide her patients with the most current evidence on these diets, she and the researchers con...Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Awards 2003
...ncepts in connection with the weather gods without losing touch with the religious history developments and influences that were involved when concepts were adopted by one geographical region from another. Daniel Schwemer studied Catholic theology, Assyriology and the philology of Asia Minor in Wrzburg and ...Process triggered by some anti-cancer drugs causes tumors in mice, study finds
...data offer real food for thought about the role of losing methylation in cancer, noted Stephen Baylin, a scientist at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md. But Baylin also cautioned that these findings in mice may not be seen in people. In the mice engineered at Whitehead Institute, the level of methyla...Scientists discover unique source of stem cells
...by" teeth, the temporary teeth that children begin losing around their sixth birthday, contain a rich supply of stem cells in their dental pulp. The researchers say this unexpected discovery could have important implications because the stem cells remain alive inside the tooth for a short time after it fal...Multiple lifestyle changes effectively lower blood pressure
...8 counseling sessions over the six-month period on losing weight, reducing salt and increasing exercise but no advice on the DASH diet. A third group also had 18 sessions, but the counseling included advice on the DASH diet (as well as the counseling on exercise, weight loss and salt reduction). Those in ...Purdue biologists crystallize technique to expand protein research
...s and turns in a protein molecule's structure from losing their uniform shape. They called their creation a "protein-lipid-detergent complex." "After we put a touch of fat back in with the protein and detergent, the crystals formed literally overnight," Cramer said. "That's incredibly fast in this business....Anthropologist pleads for fewer humans, more saved species
...8 million years ago, we began losing biodiversity in Africa. Starting around 10,000 years ago, this loss accelerated dramatically. Now we can actually put a number to how many extinc...UI researchers discover new cause of muscular dystrophies
...nvestigator, studied the molecular consequences of losing dysferlin and discovered that without dysferlin muscles were unable to heal themselves. The UI team genetically engineered mice to lack the dysferlin gene. Just like humans with Miyoshi Myopathy and limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2b, the mice d...Environment loses to economic development in local policy-making
Local environmental policy makers are increasingly losing out to their colleagues involved in economic development, as the government has shifted its focus from green issues to regional growth, according to new research funded by the Economic & Social Research Council. The study of governance and regulation...New owl species discovered in Brazil
...diversity in the world and is also at high risk of losing it unless immediate conservation action is taken. Less than 10 percent of the Atlantic Forests' original vegetation remains. In an area 50 times smaller than the Brazilian Amazon, it holds an incredible 20,000 plant species, 40 percent of which are f...Researchers discover birds protect trees in neotropics by eating insects
...tial habitats for migratory birds, which have been losing their habitats to deforestation in the region. Cacao production is being encouraged to create buffer zones between forests and clear-cutting for farms, and, Van Bael said, to help reduce erosion and subsequent damage to mangroves and coral reefs alon...Pre-diabetic adults at increased risk of colon cancer
...ith the condition are overweight and sedentary, so losing weight and increasing physical activity would likely help. For the study, Brancati and colleagues studied data from 3,054 adults ages 30 to 74 who underwent glucose tolerance testing as part of the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Sur...... it into the standard cultivated varieties without losing them," he says. "It is almost impossible to create another Burbank variety, for example, through conventional breeding. Your odds of getting the one gene in would be like winning the lottery." Still, the Wisconsin group, plans to develop engineered v...