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...ical nodes inside and outside of the United States against all forms of cyber attacks, General Elder said....Interaction of just 2 genes governs coloration patterns in mice
...he patterns of fur coloration that camouflage mice against their background, protecting them from many predators. The work, published this week in the journal PLoS Biology, marks one of the few instances in which specific genetic changes have been linked to an organism's ability to survive in the wild. "Ou...Bursts of waves drive immune system 'soldiers' toward invaders
... neutrophils, are the body's first line of defense against potentially harmful microbes, and are one of the swiftest cells in the body. The wave action that speeds them along is generated by the same kind of three-part circuit that fires electrical signals along a neuron or prods the heart to beat, the resea...Green tea boosts production of detox enzymes, rendering cancerous chemicals harmless
...elp some people strengthen their metabolic defense against toxins capable of causing cancer. In a study of ...es are believed to be crucial to the bodys defense against cancer-causing chemicals and other toxins, according to the studys lead investigator, H.-H. Sherry C...High blood pressure, low energy -- a recipe for heart failure
...eart failure when their hearts were forced to pump against high pressure. The hearts of normal mice took that pressure overload in stride and stayed healthy. Those contrasting outcomes suggest that heart health greatly depends on ERR alpha. "The stress of a cardiac pressure overload asks heart muscle to man...OHSU turns mouse into factory for human liver cells
...an be used as a platform for testing new therapies against infectious diseases that attack the liver, such as hepatitis C and malaria. "This has the potential, if it becomes easy to use and widely available, to change the way drugs are tested," said study leader Markus Grompe, M.D., professor of molecular ...Antioxidant overload may underlie a heritable human disease
...d E, offer health-promoting benefits by protecting against damaging free radicals, a new study in the August 10 issue of the journal Cell reveals that, in fact, balance is the key. The researchers show in mice that an overload of natural antioxidants can actually lead the heart to failure. There is plenty ...A study by the MUHC and McGill University opens a new door to understanding cancer
...ssociated with cancer and contributes to the fight against the disease by directing us towards research avenues for new medications. ...New study suggests Concord grape juice may provide protection against breast cancer
...ne dietary choice that may help provide protection against breast cancer is a glass of 100 percent grape juice made from deep purple Concord grapes. According to a new study, published in the current issue of the Journal of Medicinal Foods, natural compounds in Concord grape juice protected healthy human bre...Study finds gender differences in renal and other genes contributing to blood pressure
... top and bottom fifth percentile of blood pressure against blood pressure measured in more than 53,000 people during routine health exams in a major health maintenance program in Southern California. This approach provides over 90 percent statistical power to detect genes contributing as little as three per...Cardio exercise benefits in male vs. female hearts
...cise, an important factor which protects the heart against cardiovascular diseases. The researchers observed the voluntary exercise (using a running wheel) of both male and female mice during the course of 5 weeks. They also held a control group of mice under the same conditions, but without the exercise whe...Study suggests estrogen deficiency can lead to obesity-induced high blood pressure after menopause
... TX -- At menopause, women lose hormone protection against heart (cardiovascular) and kidney (renal) diseases, and are likely to become obese. A research team has tested the idea that estrogen deficiency in aged females may trigger the development of high blood pressure and obesity. The results of their stud...Edible fish feasts beats malaria
...y served up to Kenyan diners, is a valuable weapon against malaria mosquitoes. Annabel Howard and Francois Omlin from the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology in Nairobi, Kenya, introduced Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.), to abandoned fishponds in western Kenya. The study, funded b...Female gender provides an advantage in renal diseases
... The studies found that estrogen helped to protect against kidney disease while testosterone proved to be detrimental to kidney health. More recently, Dr. Sharon Silbiger of the Department of Medicine/Division of Nephrology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY and her c...Sugar and spice and everything nice: Health differences in newborn girls and boys
...ntration. Histidine concentration, which protects against acidosis, was also determined in baseline tissue alone. The researchers found that the newborn female hearts had accumulated a significant 47 percent greater H+ level within 60 minutes of ischemia. This was associated with a significant 13 percent ...The 'female advantage' in kidney disease does not extend to diabetic women
..., estrogen is believed to have a protective effect against developing kidney and heart disease. Unlike th...that restoring estrogen levels provides protection against kidney disease the absence of the hormone testosterone contributes to a more rapid progressio...Grapes, soy and kudzu blunt some menopausal side effects
...lab indicate that polyphenols in soy diets protect against hypertension in estrogen-depleted/ovariectomized rats. Specifically, they have found that estrogen deprivation (by surgical removal of the ovaries) only modestly increases arterial pressure in hypertensive rats. However, in estrogen depleted rats, th...Link between sunspots, rain helps predict disease in east Africa
...ed by public health officials to increase measures against insect-borne diseases long before epidemics begin. The results are published online in the August 7 issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research. The scientists showed that unusually heavy rainfalls in East Africa over the past century preceded pea...In limiting life span, study finds booming bacteria innocent
...bacteria and mount a strong innate immune response against them without cutting their 65-day lives any shorter. There has been some thinking in general that life span is regulated according to trade-offsthat the body has only so much energy to devote to different processes, Tower said. If you devote a lot ...High-intensity ultrasound may launch attack on cancer, wherever it lurks
... can trigger an alarm that enlists immune defenses against the cancerous invasion, according to a study led by researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering. The new findings from animal experiments suggest that once activated by the ultrasound, the immune system might even seek and destroy ...