How a dietary supplement can protect against Alzheimer's disease
...etary supplements of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids might protect against Alzheimer's disease (AD). Ho...nst. When the researchers restricted dietary fatty acids in the transgenic mice, they detected a decreased level of DHA in the brains of the transgenic anima...Researchers examine oleic acid in atmosphere
... Oleic acid and ozone react to form more fatty acids and free radicals in the air, which in high enough concentrations can cause health problems, Gopalakrishnan said. With their future work they hope to be able to quantify the amount and exact kind of byproducts formed when oleic acid and ozone...Cancer cell detection technology wins Kaye Award for Hebrew University researchers
... is a buildup on the magnetic particles of nucleic acids called telomers. In this process, however, a chemically-modified nucleotide base is incorporated into the telomers. The modified magnetic particles are then separated from the cancer cell sample, and the incorporated material is used to bind a seco...Missing signal causes misrouting in certain degenerative eye diseases
...e gene ELOVL4 (elongation of very-long chain fatty acids 4), associated with a severe retinal condition: autosomal dominant atrophic macular degeneration (adMD) or Stargardt-like macular degeneration. The disease affects the central part of the retina and results in loss of central vision needed for such a...Obesity reversed in mice by destroying blood vessels that service fat cells
...y created a synthetic ligand - a sequence of amino acids that would fit neatly into the prohibitin receptor, like a key into a lock - and fused to it a corkscrew-shaped "drug" that they knew could induce a cell to self-destruct. "We have previously shown that this drug can be targeted to blood vessel cel...Newly-described route to cancer solves a mystery in lung cancer
... "myristoylation" that occurs when chains of fatty acids hook on to newly-minted proteins, which allows the...face of the cell membrane. In this case, the fatty acids don't attach on to the FUS1 protein, for reasons that are not understood, and the non-functional pro...Patients with uncontrolled epilepsy have low levels of fatty acids
Omega-3 fatty acids are crucial to the proper development and function of cell membranes in the brain. But one particular fatty acid, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), is found at abnormally low levels in patients with uncontrolled epilepsy, according to researchers at Emory ...Adding menthol to topical creams for osteoarthritis provides significant pain relief
...ated fatty acids. Cetylated monounsaturated fatty acids have been shown to provide protection against arth...cal cream consisting of a blend of cetylated fatty acids significantly reduced pain and improved physical function in patients with knee osteoarthritis. In ...Trans fat linked to increase in cholesterol
...Food Content Must Be Labeled In 2006 Trans fatty acids (or "trans fat") are found in some margarines, crackers, candies, baked goods, cookies, snack foods, fried foods, salad dressings, and many processed foods. In 2003, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a regulation requiring manufacturers ...Researchers testing compounds that may stop replication of T-cell leukemia virus
...zyme, or protease, that cuts long strings of amino acids to form functional proteins that make a mature HTL...protease functions and how it identifies the amino acids it's supposed to cut. This information helps fourth-year Ph.D. student Kelly Dennison and other team...Acrylamide in food: Unraveling exposure and risk
...s. However, the McGill team identified other amino acids that may, under the right conditions, also produce acrylamide or its derivatives. Studies may lead to strategies for lowering acrylamide in heated foods. (This paper, AGFD 110 , will be presented at 2:35 p.m., Tuesday, March 30, Hilton Anaheim, Paci...Fish oil supplements may contain flame retardants
...ffer less health benefit than the long-chain fatty acids from fish oils. Researchers have shown, however, t...humans can metabolize and produce long-chain fatty acids from short-chain vegetable sources. This metabolism may not be very efficient, according to Jacobs, ...Researchers to pinpoint relationship between obesity-associated diabetes and heart disease
...acids," Boden says. "When the levels of free fatty acids circulating in the blood stream are too high, whic...onstrated that in lean people, elevated free fatty acids cause insulin resistance and start the pro-inflammatory processes, which can in turn lead to heart d...New technology facilitates adherence for patients
...id. "The difficulty with the gut is that digestive acids and enzymes break down drugs before they reach their targets; also, it is not easy for drugs to pass through the wall of the intestine," Dr. Langer explained. Newer systems circumvent these problems in a number of ways. One uses drugs coated with a...Young people prone to type 2 diabetes exhibit alterations in mitochondrial activity
...ides was the result of increased delivery of fatty acids to muscle cells from the fat stored in "fat cells" (adipocytes), or the result of a decreased rate of fat oxidation by the mitochondria in the muscle cells. They measured rates of fatty acid release from adipocytes and found no differences between th...Tip sheet for the January 27, 2004 Neurology Journal
...atty fish and marine omega-3 polyunstaurated fatty acids were related to a decreased risk of impaired cognitive function and speed, whereas higher dietary cholesterol intake was associated with an increased risk of impaired memory and flexibility in this study involving 1,613 middle-aged subjects. S...Scientists grow neurons using nanostructures
...nto the scaffold a specific sequence of five amino acids known to promote neuron growth were presented in enormous density on the outer surfaces. "This was all done by design," said Stupp, who is also director of the University's Institute for Bioengineering and Nanoscience in Advanced Medicine. "By incl...UCSD, Salk researchers define role of abnormal muscle, fat & liver in common metabolic disorder
...y. The deficient fat cells lead to elevated fatty acids and triglycerides, as well as a fatty liver and in...mice included elevated levels of plasma free fatty acids and triglycerides, a fatty liver, insulin resistance in liver, and decreased levels of a protein cal...First link found in humans between common gene and artery-clogging disease
...e, since the ALOX5 protein serves to convert fatty acids into molecules involved in inflammation, and scien... In the rest of the population, eating these fatty acids seems to have little impact on atherosclerosis, Dwyer adds-although there is substantial evidence th...Cedars-Sinai researchers identify a gene that causes insulin resistance in Mexican Americans
... (LPL), a gene that controls the delivery of fatty acids to muscle and tissues in the body, is linked to insulin resistance in Mexican-Americans. Their findings, reported in the January issue of Diabetes, may enable scientists to design therapies that target LPL to prevent insulin resistance, a condition ...