Queen bee promiscuity boosts hive health
... promiscuity improves colony disease resistance by boosting the genetic diversity of their offspring, the worker bees. "This required a particularly nasty experiment, in which we inoculated colonies with the most virulent disease of honeybees that is known, the dreaded American foulbrood disease," said Seeley...Buildup of damaged DNA in cells drives aging
...ed hormonal changes that halted growth, while also boosting maintenance and repair. Because growth hormone levels go down as we get older, contributing to loss of muscle mass and bone density, the investigators systematically compared the gene expression pattern of their progeroid mice to normal old mice to...Cellular pathway yields potential new weapon in vaccine arsenal
...s so common that it could be a valuable new way of boosting vaccine efficacy. There are two types of T cells...esentation by MHC class II molecules, subsequently boosting helper T cell recognition of viral antigens. "This targeting pathway could be very efficient for vac...Iowa State researchers improve soy processing by boosting protein and sugar yields
Iowa State researchers improve soy processing by boosting protein and sugar yieldsAMES, Iowa -- Graduate student Bishnu Karki turned on an ultrasonic machine in an Iowa State University laboratory. With a loud screech, the machine's high-frequency sound waves churned a mixture of soy flakes and cold water. ...Epigenetics to shape stem cell future
... With this knowledge on board, researchers will be boosting the odds that one day stem cell therapies will reach the clinic. EuroSTELLS is the European Collaborative Research (EUROCORES) programme on Development of a Stem Cell Tool Box developed by the European Science Foundation. The European Science Fo...Corals that can fight global warming may one day help fragile reefs
...g trend." Yet there seems to be future promise for boosting the immunity of coral reefs, Harvell reported. Collaborators Rotem Effrony and Eugene Rosenberg in Tel Aviv, Israel, have isolated viruses that can consume several bacteria that are deadly to the more sensitive corals....UBC researcher finds new way to treat devastating fungal infections
...nhibiting the drugs interaction with kidney cells boosting effectiveness and dramatically reducing toxicity. The research findings will be presented today at a meeting sponsored by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists in Washington, D.C. Findings will be published in July 2007 in Drug Dev...UBC researchers find new superbug weapon for near-empty antibiotics arsenal
...s identified a peptide that can fight infection by boosting the body's own immune system. "Antibiotics are now under threat because of the explosion in antibiotic-resistant bacteria. A third of all deaths on this planet are the result of infection so there is an urgent need to create new therapies," says R...Chemists create healthier pizza by boosting antioxidants in dough
...longer fermentation also will have an antioxidant boosting effect on refined pizza dough, but the effect will likely be less obvious, Moore says. Thats because most of the antioxidants in wheat are found in the bran and endosperm components, which have been largely removed in refined flour, he says. Fundi...Switching genes to overdrive improves muscular dystrophy symptoms in mice
...d chemical examinations of the muscles showed that boosting PGC-1alpha caused a clear and substantial improvement in the structure and function of skeletal muscle in this disease model, the scientists wrote....How does soy promote weight loss? University of Illinois scientist finds another clue
...de lipids and reduce body weight, but it did so by boosting metabolism and not by reducing food intake," she said. To compare soy peptides with leptin, de Mejias graduate student Nerissa Vaughn, with the help of associate professor Lee Beverly, implanted cannulas in the brains of lab rats; they then injecte...Boosting key milk nutrients may protect against cancer
.... This is the first clinical trial to show that boosting vitamin D status can affect the overall risk for cancer a proposition that has tremendous public health potential, said lead author Dr Joan Lappe, a nutrition researcher from Creighton University in Omaha. By choosing vitamin-D rich foods like milk...Innovative subsea separation technology wins 2007 EUREKA environmental award
...njecting water and sand in a separate well subsea, boosting the wellstream and reducing the receiving pressure at the topside production platform. From an environmental aspect, less oil will be discharged into the sea. Every day, up to 100.000 barrels of produced water with some residual small oil droplets ...Pumpkin: A fairytale end to insulin injections?
...tion of damaged pancreatic cells in diabetic rats, boosting levels of insulin-producing beta cells and insulin in the blood, reports Lisa Richards in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. A group, led by Tao Xia of the East China Normal University, found that diabetic rats fed the extract had onl...Boosting key milk nutrients may help lower type 2 diabetes risk
...as 46 percent greater risk of type 2 diabetes. Yet boosting vitamin D alone would likely have little effect in healthy adults. Instead, the researchers suggested that a combination of vitamin D and calcium, like that found in milk, would have the greatest potential to help prevent diabetes, especially among ...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- July 11, 2007
...enting certain diabetic complications, may work by boosting ATP release from red blood cells. ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Red Blood Cell Stimulation of Platelet Nitric Oxide Production Indicated by Quantitative Monitoring of the Communication between Cells in the Bloodstream DOWNLOAD PDF http://pubs.a...Genomic analysis uncovers new targets for HIV vaccine
...d the search for an HIV vaccine that would work by boosting the protective effects of one or more of these genes, and help the bodys own immune system overcome an infection. One of the genes looks particularly attractive as a vaccine target. The study, published early online by the journal Science July 19, ...Einstein researchers' prototype vaccine could provide improved protection against tuberculosis
...rts to develop a better TB vaccine have focused on boosting BCGmodifying it to elicit a stronger immune response in people, says Dr. William Jacobs, Jr., co-senior author of the paper and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Einstein as well as professor of microbiology & immunology and molecular...UF, French scientists seek test to detect gene doping in athletes
...e powerful alternatives. The next variation of boosting red blood cell production is to actually inject the EPO gene itself, which would cause increases in red blood cells, said Richard Snyder, Ph.D., an assistant professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at UF and director of UFs Center of Excelle...... extraction or production of value-added products, boosting income of biorefineries, the scientists say. This process could substitute for the conventional wheat dry milling process that is currently employed in industry. ARTICLE #3 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOptimization and Cost Estimation of novel Wheat Bioref...