A natural ingredient found in milk can protect against obesity even as mice continue to…
Month: June 2012
Overfed fruit flies develop insulin resistance; Represent new tool to study human diabetes
Researchers have demonstrated that adult fruit flies fed either high-carb or high-protein diets develop metabolic…
Latin American and Asian cities lead way in planning for global warming
The cities that are most active in preparing for climate change are not necessarily the…
Air pollution linked to chronic heart disease
Cardiac patients living in high pollution areas were found to be over 40 percent more…
Keeping up with embryogenesis: New microscope tracks cells as they move and divide
The transformation of a fertilized egg into a functioning animal requires thousands of cell divisions…
How immune system, inflammation may play role in Lou Gehrig’s disease
In an early study, researchers found that the immune cells of patients with amyotrophic lateral…
Halogen bonding helps design new drugs
Halogens particularly chlorine, bromine, and iodine – have a unique quality which allows them to…
Type 2 diabetes linked to increased blood cancer risk
A new meta-analysis reveals patients with type 2 diabetes have a 20 percent increased risk…
Anxious girls’ brains work harder
In a discovery that could help in the identification and treatment of anxiety disorders, scientists…
How estrogens persist in dairy wastewater
Wastewater from large dairy farms contains significant concentrations of estrogenic hormones that can persist for…