Yearling horse auction to benefit equine research
...ce and skeletal development in ways that may prove beneficial to human medicine. The work views nutrition of the horse from the points of reproduction, growth, exercise physiology, and health, Staniar said. Research projects examine fluctuations in pasture carbohydrate concentrations, cartilage and bone develop...Botulism bug says no to nitric oxide, provides key to molecule's role in human cell signaling
...ic bacteria the planet's oldest life form into a beneficial signaling molecule in higher animals. It also off...hat NO is the ingredient that makes nitroglycerine beneficial to heart patients. Since then NO has been found to govern many other vital biological functions and ...Sedentary overweight people get insulin boost from short term exercise; CVD risks trend down
...asurable fat loss play a key role in mediating the beneficial effects of exercise on whole-body insulin action." Braun added: "The new finding is that the beneficial effect of exercise (in the short-term) appears to be mediated by a subtle mismatch between energy in...Gladstone researchers resolve key Huntington's disease mystery in Nature cover story
...dstone team determined that inclusion bodies are a beneficial coping response, possibly sequestering mutant hunt... if a cellular feature of a disease is pathogenic, beneficial or merely incidental to a disease process will be of considerable advantage for understanding diseas...Horse auction raises $75,000 for research
...ce and skeletal development in ways that may prove beneficial to human medicine. Research is also conducted on horses' health problems and a group of studies involves exercise physiology. The center has a high-speed equine treadmill and uses a 50-mile endurance ride to test the horses for the research. Man...Excess dietary fat accelerates breast cancer by altering the activity of a group of genes
...as blue fish and olive oils, have been shown to be beneficial to health. These oils are common elements in the Mediterranean diet. Breast cancer is the most frequent form of cancer in women around the world. The fact that this cancer is more frequent in the developed world suggests that life style and environm...Lag-3 gene dampens immune responses by controlling regulatory T-cell function
... However, regulatory T cells can also block the beneficial activity of anti-tumor effector cells. This braking action could inhibit an immune system attack on cancer cells. "This study adds to the mounting evidence that regulatory T cells play a major role in dampening the immune system's anti-tumor activity...Are yeast cells bringing us a step closer in treating obesity?
...dicines play on this cellular operation to produce beneficial responses for our health. Now, for the first time, Katleen Lemaire and her colleagues, under the direction of Johan Thevelein of VIB and the Catholic University of Leuven, have discovered receptor proteins in yeast cells that detect and react to gluc...Red wine mist? Resveratrol shows potential effects against COPD, asthma, arthritis
...lucocorticoid receptor; thus these agents might be beneficial in inflammatory diseases where glucocorticosteroids have proved to be ineffective, such as COPD, steroid-resistant asthma, and arthritis. These compounds may provide candidate molecules for the development of novel anti-inflammatory therapies." The c...'Broken' gene reveals evolution of salt retention and possible ties to hypertension
...arting to look for common genes that may have been beneficial in an environment of scarcity, but have become harmful in a world of plenty. In the modern setting, it may often be the genes that aren't damaged that predispose to disease, such as the "thrifty genes" associated with type 2 diabetes." Humans need s...Antibiotic-resistant bacteria increased after clindamycin use for common vaginal infection
... in vaginal alkalinity and substitution of certain beneficial bacteria, particularly those that produce hydrogen peroxide, with more toxic bacteria. Among the infection's more prominent symptoms is a milky, foul-smelling discharge. "Symptoms of discharge are one of the most common reasons women visit a gynecolo...Pediatric cardiology researchers describe findings in neurologic outcomes, heart devices
...ay be more effective if the stents are coated with beneficial genes that can protect the arteries from further injury. Researchers at Children's Hospital are investigating methods to bind gene delivery packages to the stents to allow controlled release of the protective gene, in a highly localized form of gene ...In a tiny squid, bacterial toxin governs organ development
...00 different kinds of bacteria that live in either beneficial or benign harmony with their human hosts. Many of ...e implications that humans are awash in benign and beneficial microbes raises new concerns about the overuse of antibiotics, and suggests that medical science - w...Rethinking new therapies for Crohn's disease at U.Va.
...kines in the initial phases of Crohn's "may not be beneficial and could actually aggravate the existing disease process," he writes. Cominelli emphasizes that there are questions about infliximab, the first biological therapeutic approved to treat Crohn's, which blocks the production of the type 1 cytokine...Acetaminophen shows positive in vivo cardioprotective effects in heart attack, arrhythmia
...he heart. In other words, acetaminophen had no net beneficial mechanical effects on a dog heart." Merrill noted that study of acetaminophen continues to grow. For instance "as-yet-unpublished investigations are exploring the effects of acetaminophen on diet and vascular atherogenesis, spread of necrosis and apo...Academy eBriefings offer comprehensive reports on more than 100 cutting-edge scientific issues
...f Mood Enhancement. Could mood-enhancing drugs be beneficial to people who are emotionally and physically healthy? The possibility of improving the general population's mood with medication raises provocative questions that get at the core of what it means to be human and a contributing member to society. As i...University of South Florida designated Center of Excellence by Huntington's Disease Society
...al investigating whether the drug tetrabenazine is beneficial and at what dosage might it improve chorea -- the excessive, involuntary movements affecting most people with Huntington's Disease. Research on Huntington's Disease may advance the understanding of other more prevalent neurodegenerative di...NASA satellite data to aid global conservation
...d ecologically sustainable. "The potential for the beneficial use of this information in the area of the environment and conservation is enormous," said IUCN Director General Achim Steiner. "Yet until now, it has remained largely untapped, particularly in the developing world," he added. Advances in technology ...Low-carb diet during pregnancy improved triglycerides, fat metabolism in offspring
...drate (CHO) diet during gestation has long-lasting beneficial effects on lipid metabolism in the offspring was investigated using a mouse model. Female mice were fed either a standard (CHO-rich) chow diet or a low carbohydrate HFP diet, prior to and during gestation and lactation. All offspring were weaned onto...Livestock grazing study finds moderate grazing beneficial to Great Basin plant communities
...e little documented evidence of grazing having any beneficial effect on the land." A University of Nevada research team, however, sought to look at grazing from a scientific perspective. The team looked to history for data. In 1934 the Taylor Grazing Act established grazing controls on public land. At that tim...