“Through an examination of archival documents, the JAMA paper shows how a sugar trade association helped boost the hypothesis that eating too much saturated fat was the major cause of […]
Month: September 2016
Farmed Salmon Changing Genetics of Wild Salmon
“In this study, the authors show that half of the wild salmon populations in Norway are genetically changed from genetic introgression of farmed salmon.”
Study finds insecticide hurts queen bees’ egg-laying abilities
“The world’s best-selling insecticide may impair the ability of a queen honey bee and her subjects to maintain a healthy colony, says new research led by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln […]
Study shows how Chinese medicine kills cancer cells
“We showed that the patterns of gene expression triggered by CKI affect the same pathways as western chemotherapy but by acting on different genes in the same pathways,” says Professor […]
Plant Extracts Found to Slow Down Aging Process
“This study is an important step forward for science because these signaling pathways could eventually delay the onset and progression of chronic diseases associated with human aging,” commented Éric Simard, […]
Laws Preventing Urban Vegetable Gardens
A new study by UC Santa Barbara research professor David Cleveland suggests turning lawns into vegetable gardens can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Landscape and Urban Planning published the findings which […]
Factor isolated from babies’ cord blood could treat harmful inflammation, sepsis
“A factor found in umbilical cord blood could become the basis for developing a new therapy to fight harmful inflammation, University of Utah School of Medicine researchers report. When given […]
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for TBI &post-concussion syndrome
“Review of 5 trials finds hyperbaric oxygen/air have therapeutic effects on TBI &post-concussion syndrome.”
Researchers Identify Characteristic Chemical Signature for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
“…our findings show that the cellular metabolic response is the same in patients,” said the author. “And interestingly, it’s chemically similar to the dauer state you see in some organisms, […]