New research suggests early diet may play key role in protecting against childhood leukaemia
...ns, radiation induced chromosome damage and it can prevent the formation of harmful heterocyclic amines and n...ges are rich in vitamin C, an antioxidant that may prevent oxidative damage to DNA, thus protecting against carcinogenesis. Bananas are rich in potassium, the ...Israeli scientists reveal the plan of a key cellular machine
...ery involved may lead to the ability to correct or prevent them in the future. Since the discovery, around 25 years ago, that the bits of DNA in the genes that code for protein formation are interspersed with "filler" segments that have no known function, scientists have worked to understand the process by ...Study by Israeli scientists provides insight on DNA code
...ery involved may lead to the ability to correct or prevent them in the future. Since the discovery, around 25 years ago, that the bits of DNA in the genes that code for protein formation are interspersed with "filler" segments that have no known function, scientists have worked to understand the process by ...Sandia experiments may reduce possibility of future water wars
...cause sunlight has to be filtered in arid areas to prevent crop damage because it is too intense. The challenge is to create reliable, effective materials to use that part of the spectrum the plant is not interested in using to produce power that can be put on a grid as well as operate the greenhouse." Comme...Maine-based biophysics institute gets funding for first US-based 4Pi nanoscale microscope
...ling the migration of fibroblast growth factor can prevent reocclusion of coronary arteries after angioplasty. We are confident that this fruitful collaboration with the physicists in the IMB will reveal many as yet unsuspected discoveries of value to the medical community." The National Science Foundation g...Identifying tick genes could halt disease, bioterrorism threat
...sent and a whole host of complicated proteins that prevent the host immune response from getting rid of them." Currently very little is known about the tick genome, which is about two-thirds the size of the human genome, Hill said. Many animals and plants have similar genes with similar functions, but ticks ...Optimizing protein's 'death domain' halts leukemia in laboratory study
...ll's death, while other "survival" proteins act to prevent programmed cell death. One hallmark of cancer is that an excess of anti-death or survival proteins overwhelms the system when it is trying shut down the abnormal cell, causing the cell to reproduce, dangerously out of control, when it should be dying...Molecular staples shape a cancer killer
...op novel compounds that could be used to hasten or prevent the demise of cells. "Academic and industrial laboratories are engaged in a Herculean effort to develop new molecules that reactivate the apoptotic program in tumor cells," wrote HHMI investigator Steven F. Dowdy of the University of California, San...Essential smell gene may provide key to new insect repellents
...pellents. Repellents that block the gene, and thus prevent disease-carrying insects from finding human hosts,... to fight the diseases they spread -- will help us prevent diseases like malaria."...Select research highlights from current AACR journals
...xemestane 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 depleting estrogen concentrations in the blood, according to the study by Goss et al., conducted at the...DHA-rich diet protects brain from Alzheimer's damage, UCLA study shows
...rlier studies suggest that omega-3 fatty acids may prevent Alzheimer's disease, we realized that the mice's diet could be countering the very thing we were trying to accomplish showing the progression of the Alzheimer's-related brain damage," she added The UCLA team swapped safflower oil for the soy and f...Study reveals first genetic step necessary for prostate cancer growth
...me aggressive and the development of treatments to prevent the condition from progressing. The study, published in the Sept. 1 issue of Cancer Research, found that when mice are engineered to lose a single copy of a gene called Rb in their prostate, they develop a precancerous condition analogous to the ea...Protein involved in childhood disorder linked to cancer
...icrocephalin function to DNA damage responses that prevent cancer from developing," said David F. Stern, Ph.D., and Xingzhi Xu, M.D./Ph.D. of the Yale University School of Medicine. Cells incur chronic DNA damage from exposure to normal metabolic byproducts as well as external chemicals and radiation. In ord...Green tea research leads to gum and other products
...rhaps we can use EGCG to protect healthy cells and prevent side effects from medications that impair salivary function and cause dry mouth." For instance, oral cancer treatment can severely damage the salivary gland. "When this happens, the patient can no longer effectively secrete saliva and has a chronical...Probing the surface of white blood cells to enhance immune system medicine
...ion as lymphocytes, ablating microvilli could also prevent metastasis of cancer cells to distant parts of the...s of cholesterol in coronary arteries, drugs could prevent the atherosclerosis that leads to heart attacks. Higgs extended this work to compare lymphocytes in ...One-hundred-fifty year old lessons of John Snow still relevant today
...era, we have enough information at our disposal to prevent further spreading of the disease," said Peter Vinten-Johansen, a history professor who served as lead author. "The circumstances are such that we can undertake a reasonable set of public health precautions that are going to be effective." These epide...Computer database being developed at Temple will allow for better inventory of chemicals
...ith that information. The system may also help to prevent laboratory accidents. For example, there are some chemicals which, left too long, can form peroxides, which can create hazardous situations. If these peroxides form in significant concentration, they could explode, particularly while being moved. B...Marathoning mice could have Olympian effects on obesity
...switch known to regulate fat metabolism appears to prevent obesity and turns laboratory mice into marathon ru...itness, said Evans. Activating the PPAR switch may prevent physical fatigue and enhance the quality of exercise, which may lead to a new class of drugs to prom...JGI announces community sequencing program portfolio
...otential probiotic, which can protect its host and prevent disease. "These projects were the result of a rigorous competitive call for proposals vetted by an external scientific review panel. The successful applications represent terrific science that will advance our understanding of the natural world," sa...OneWorld Health compiles comprehensive state of infectious diarrhea treatments, potential solutions
... causative pathogens. Efforts are also underway to prevent exposure to the pathogens responsible for diarrhea in developing countries. However, these require massive improvements in sanitation, hygiene, and nutritional status in developing countries, which are unlikely to have an impact in the short term. ...