Duke Study Suggests New Class Of Drugs Could Bypass Leptin Loop
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...tter things, because they select for-- they become food for -- the same bifidobacteria and lactobacilli, whichare good bacteria in the bowel. You get the same preventable substrate tothe large bowel. The foods with oligosaccharides also are more pleasing,and you don't have to eat as much to get the same d...New Approach To Multidrug Resistance
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...ut heating liquid foods to temperatures that cause food deterioration. The ERRC is collaborating with PPPL because of the Laboratory's extensive experience in the application of RF and microwave radiation to the study of plasmas. The Laboratory has particular expertise in optimizing the absorption of RF ...Poor Heart Disease Patients Pay More For Medications, Get Less Preventative Care
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...llege cautions that a natural hormone and popular food supplement believed by many to have anti-aging pro...te cells. DHEA is a popular item sold in health food stores for its purported protective properties against such age-related diseases as cancer, heart d...Electronic Nose Inspects Cheese, Hints At Human Sense Of Smell
... of this technology for the food industry, this research may one day help scientist... W. James Harper, professor of food science and technology at Ohio State, explained that most companies employ hu...Penn State Chemist Identifies New Lime Aroma Component
...esult from complexinteractions, Chisholm adds. A food odor can often become significantlydifferent if just one constituent is changed or absent. Chisholm notes that 7-methoxycoumarin had been reported in lime oilpreviously but only as one of several solid components of the peel, not as anodorant...6,000 Pharmaceutical Scientists Convene November 15-19 In San Francisco
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