Living near toxic waste may bring on diabetes
Url: http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/223400/cs/1/
Description: the study by Lawrence Lessner
and colleagues at the University at Albany here found that Americans who live near toxic
waste sites are hospitalised more for diabetes than those who live in clean communities,
reported UPI newswire.
Radiation Seeds for Breast Cancer
Url: http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=5898891&nav=7k8p
Description: In a one-time procedure,
doctors insert needles in the breast that are loaded with small titanium seeds.
"These seeds are radioactive and will treat the area for the next two months,"
says Dr. Jean-Philippe Pignol a Radiation Oncologist at Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre
in Toronto, Canada.
New lung cancer weapon studied
Url: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/biotech/20070106-9999-7m6cancer.html
Description: Once inside the patient's
bloodstream, the stem cells would migrate to cancerous tumors and release the viruses. The
viruses would then infect the cancer cells, deliver their anti-cancer genes and halt the
tumors' growth.
Indian American researcher develops possible cure for cancer
Url: http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200701070310.htm
Description: Indian American Gopalan
Sampathkumar and his biomedical engineering team at Johns Hopkins University have
developed a possible cure for cancer that involves sugar and fat. It is a designer two
pronged molecular weapon made of sugars and fatty acids that kills cancer cells in lab
tests by joining a sugar to a short-chain fatty acid compound.
High Fructose Corn Syrup industry vs Consumers on Wikipedia
Url: http://digg.com/health/High_Fructose_Corn_Syrup_industry_vs_Consumers_on_Wikipedia
Description: This is an ongoing online
battle pitting consumers against the high fructose corn syrup industry. Corporations are
used to hiding behind shell groups (http://hfcsfacts.com/), now they are taking it a step
further and hiding behind anonymous IPs.
Cholesterol -- Your Life Depends on It!
Url: http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/index.html
Description: Note that statin drugs-- the
popular "cholesterol-lowering" drugs such as Lipitor, Mevacor, Zocor, Lescol,
Pravachol, etc., shown in red, inhibit the synthesis of mevalonate. Mevalonate is not only
the precursor of cholesterol, but also the precursor of squalene and coenzyme Q10
(ubiquinone), two very important compounds.
Menselijke motorneuronen van stamcellen dienstig als hulpmiddel
Url: http://www.alsliga.be/index.php?id=376
Description: in een gerichte inspanning ter
ontdekking van medicijnen, gefinancierd door TREAT ALS, zullen bedrijfseigen stamcellen en
genmanipulatietechnieken gecombineerd worden in een zoektocht naar doelwitten voor
potentiële therapieën voor de aandoening
The Incredible, Edible Egg Yolk
Url: http://cholesterol-and-health.com/Egg_Yolk.html
Description: In fact, the slew of nutrients
in an egg yolk is so comprehensive that a few a day would offer better insurance than a
multi-vitamin. Most importantly, the yolk contains most of the nutrients in an egg.
Rol van ontstekingen in ALS wordt verduidelijkt
Url: http://www.alsliga.be/index.php?id=324
Description: De ALSA financiert onderzoek,
dat de follow-up verzekert van onverwachte ontdekkingen dat een speler bij communicatie in
de zenuwcellen en bij het antwoord van weefsel op beschadiging - een molecule, die
stikstof(mon)oxide wordt genoemd - het leven kan verlengen van muizen, die vele facetten
van de menselijke ALS vertonen
Does Industry Sponsorship Undermine the Integrity of Nutrition Research?
Url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040006
Description: Drug companies have tried to
influence the scientific record so as to make their products look healthier. Are food
companies doing the same?
Relationship between Funding Source and Conclusion among Nutrition-Related
Scientific Articles
Url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040005
Description: In 111 scientific articles on
nonalcoholic beverages, articles with all industry funding were more than 7 times more
likely to have favorable conclusions compared with articles with no industry funding.
White blood cells in lung produce histamine seen in allergies
Url: http://pub.ucsf.edu/newsservices/releases/200701121/
Description: In a surprise finding,
scientists have discovered that histamine, the inflammatory compound released during
allergic reactions that causes runny nose, watery eyes, and wheezing, can be produced in
large amounts in the lung by neutrophils, the white blood cells that are the major
component of pus.
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Pus, a fluid found in infected tissue, is produced as a result of inflammation. The study
in mice is the first to show that lung neutrophils can produce histamine in significant
quantities, according to principal investigator George Caughey, MD, chief of
pulmonary/critical care medicine at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
Programmed Cell Death protects against Infections
Url: http://www.mpg.de/english/illustrationsDocumentation/documentation/
pressReleases/2007/pressRelease20070110/index.html
Description: They are the largest group of
white blood cells: neutrophil granulocytes kill microorganisms. Neutrophils catch microbes
with extracellular structures nicknamed Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) that are
composed of nucleic acid and aggressive enzymes. A group of scientists lead by Arturo
Zychlinsky at the Max-Planck-Institute for Infectious Biology in Berlin, Germany
discovered, how the neutrophils form this snaring network (Journal of Cell Biology,
online, January 8, 2007). Once triggered, the cells undergo a novel program leading to
their death. While they perish, the cells release the content of their nuclei. The nucleic
acid, mingled with bactericidal enzymes, forms a lethal network outside the cell. Invading
bacteria and pathogenic fungi get caught and killed in the NETs.
Researchers urge monitoring of bone health during chemotherapy
Url: http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/8512.html?emailID=12750
Description: In laboratory tests on mice,
researchers found that a medication often used to reduce toxic side effects of
chemotherapy induced bone loss and helped tumors grow in bone. So the researchers at
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are recommending increased awareness
of bone health during cancer treatments.
A New Target for the Treatment of Breast Cancer
Url: http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/LSD-TACE.html
Description: The active ingredient in a
drug currently being tested to treat rheumatoid arthritis might also one day serve as an
effective means of treating one of the deadliest forms of breast cancer. Researchers with
the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
have demonstrated that inhibiting the activity of the protease enzyme known as TACE can
deprive tumor cells of a key factor needed for their proliferation. TACE is strongly
present in a form of breast cancer which responds poorly to current therapies
