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Coffee break: Compound brewing new research in colon, breast cancer
A compound in coffee has been found to be estrogenic in studies by Texas AgriLife Research scientists.Though the studies have not been conducted to determine recommended consumption amounts, s...
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Read moreThe defense strategy of plants
If the mechanism that plants use to defend themselves can be understood, it will be possible to produce plants that are resistant to disease. The Plant Immunity Research Group is also undertaking rese...
Life Sciences | Read moreUF researchers find triggers in cells' transition from colitis to cancer
Scientists observed that cancer stem cells taken from the gastrointestinal system in patients with a chronic digestive disease called ulcerative colitis will transform into cancerous tumors in mice....
Life Sciences | Read moreLiver cells grown from patients' skin cells
Scientists at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee have successfully produced liver cells from patients' skin cells opening the possibility of treating a wide range of diseases that affe...
Life Sciences | Read moreExplaining why pruning encourages plants to thrive
Collaborating teams from the University of York in the UK and the University of Calgary in Canada combined their expertise in molecular genetics and computational modelling to make a significant disco...
Life Sciences | Read moreConflict between plant and animal hormones in the insect gut?
A reaction similar to the inactivation of prostaglandin hormones in animals has now been discovered in the larval guts of two plant pest species. The insects bear an enzyme which structurally modifies...
Life Sciences | Read moreGetting plants to rid themselves of pesticide residues
Jing Quan Yu and colleagues note that pesticides are essential for sustaining food production for the world's growing population. Farmers worldwide use about 2.5 million tons of pesticides each y...
Agricultural and Forestry Science | Read morePlants on steroids: Key missing link discovered
Many important signaling pathways are relays of molecules that start at the cell surface and cascade to the nucleus to regulate genes. This discovery marks the first such pathway in plants for which a...
Life Sciences | Read moreStudy results promise faster recovery from life-threatening blood cell shortages
A key compound resupplies bone marrow with fast-acting stem cells that can more quickly rekindle blood cell production, according to a study published online today in the journal Blood. While the stud...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreLife and death in the living brain
Now, for the first time, University of Washington neurobiologists have interrupted this natural "annual remodeling" of the brain and have shown that there is a direct link between the death ...
Health and Medicine | Read moreStudy provides documentation that tumor 'stem-like cells' exist in benign tumors
Cells generated from the pituitary tumor cells had the same genetic makeup and characteristics as the original tumors and were capable of generating new tumors, according to an article in the July 200...
Life Sciences | Read moreScientists Find Previously Unseen Effects of Protein Buildup in Diabetic Baboons' Pancreases
Undesirable protein deposits in the islets of Langerhans, the area of the pancreas that makes glucose-controlling hormones, are increased even when blood sugar levels are barely above normal, accordin...
Life Sciences | Read moreUterine Cells Produce Their Own Estrogen During Pregnancy
This is the first time that the uterus has been identified as an endocrine organ, said University of Illinois veterinary biosciences professor Indrani Bagchi, who led the study with doctoral student A...
Life Sciences | Read moreStudy may explain why HIV progresses faster in women than in men with same viral load
One of the continuing mysteries of the HIV/AIDS epidemic is why women usually develop lower viral levels than men following acute HIV-1 infection but progress faster to AIDS than men with similar vira...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreDiet May Contribute Significantly to Body Burden of Flame Retardants
PBDEs have been measured in dust, air and both animal- and plant-derived foods. Dust has been thought to be the foremost route of exposure to PBDEs, but the new findings of this study suggest that die...
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