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Antioxidant blood levels key to MnSOD gene

PHILADELPHIA Greater levels of selenium, vitamin E and the tomato nutrient lycopene have been shown to reduce prostate cancer in one out of every four Caucasian males -- those who inherit a specific genetic variation that's particularly sensitive to oxidative stress. ......Conversely, if carriers of this genetic variant have low levels of these vitamins and minerals, their risk of aggressive pro...
(Date:5/21/2013)... long time that some creatures evolve more quickly than ... But it may be that height plays a role, ... U. S. National Evolutionary Synthesis Center. , In ... journal Nature Communications , Lanfear and colleagues report ... a database of global patterns in plant height for ...
(Date:5/21/2013)... increasingly being considered in the management of natural ... that can help them recognize and respond to ... their lives. , Place-Based Conservation: Perspectives from ... the Pacific Northwest Research Station,s Linda Kruger, can ... The book is published by Springer Verlag and ...
(Date:5/21/2013)... stem cells in the blood often jump into ... cells that can fight off illness. But repeated ... potentially leading to the development of serious blood ... researchers led by biologists at the California Institute ... models, the molecule microRNA-146a (miR-146a) acts as a ...
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