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Hitting Cell Hot Spot Could Help Thwart Parkinson's Disease
July 9, 2009 — A new way to 'turn off the taps' in the brain and stop a chemical being released in excess amounts -- which can lead to Parkinson's Disease -- has been ... > full story -
Give Children Iron Supplements: They Don't Increase Malaria Risk, Study Suggests
July 9, 2009 — Iron supplements do not increase the likelihood of contracting malaria and should not be withheld from children at risk of the disease, despite World Health Organization guidelines to the contrary, a ... > full story -
Method To Efficiently Produce Less Toxic Drugs Using Organic Molecules
July 9, 2009 — Chemists have developed a method to use small organic molecules as catalysts, in the synthesis process called organocatalysis. Such synthesis process takes place during the production of chiral ... > full story -
Plastics Chemical, Bisphenol A, Retards Growth, Function Of Adult Reproductive Cells
July 9, 2009 — Bisphenol A, a chemical widely used in plastics and known to cause reproductive problems in the offspring of pregnant mice exposed to it, also has been found to retard the growth of follicles of ... > full story -
First Evidence That Weed Killers Improve Nutritional Value Of A Key Food Crop
July 9, 2009 — Scientists are reporting for the first time that the use of weed killers in farmers' fields boosts the nutritional value of an important food a crop. Application of two common herbicides to several ... > full story -
Critical Link Between Obesity And Diabetes Discovered
July 9, 2009 — A new study has shown a critical link between obesity and the onset of Type 2 diabetes, a discovery which could lead to the design of a drug to prevent the ... > full story -
Easter Island Compound Extends Lifespan Of Old Mice: 28 To 38 Percent Longer Life
July 9, 2009 — Researchers report that rapamycin, a compound first discovered in soil of Easter Island, extended the expected lifespan of middle-aged mice by 28 percent to 38 percent. In human terms, this would be ... > full story -
Is Obesity An Oral Bacterial Disease?
July 9, 2009 — Scientists have discovered new links between certain oral bacteria and obesity. In a recent study, the researchers demonstrated that the salivary bacterial composition of overweight women differs ... > full story -
Better Than A Hearing Aid? Better Hearing With Bone Conducted Sound
July 9, 2009 — New technology to hear vibrations through the skull bone has been developed. Besides investigating the function of a new implantable bone conduction hearing aid, researchers have studied the ... > full story -
PET Can Measure Effectiveness Of Novel Breast Cancer Treatment
July 9, 2009 — Positron emission tomography scans in mice can be used to determine whether a novel type of breast cancer treatment is working as intended, study ... > full story -
Language Skills In Your Twenties May Predict Risk Of Dementia Decades Later
July 9, 2009 — People who have superior language skills early in life may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease decades later, despite having the hallmark signs of the disease, according to new ... > full story -
Inflammation May Trigger Alzheimer's Disease
July 9, 2009 — New research sheds light on what causes Alzheimer's disease and suggests a possible ... > full story
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