Archive: 10/04/2015

Food chemist explores how peptides can improve our health

What if we could make the world a better place through the food we eat? What if our food counteracted certain diseases like cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes? Faculty of Agriculture food chemist Chibuike Udenigwe ...

Apr 10, 2015

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Enzyme in cosmetic products can act as allergen via the skin

Papain is an important industrial protein-degrading enzyme that is used, for example, in the food and cosmetic industries. When humans or animals come in contact with papain, strong allergic reactions of the skin can be the ...

Apr 10, 2015

Survey asks nation's youth 'How would you like to feel?'

How do you feel in school? How would you like to feel?

Apr 10, 2015

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Study finds that too much sodium is a worldwide killer

Americans are not alone in their taste for salty foods. Whether the salt comes from French fries or miso soup, people all over the world are getting more than the current recommendations. And according to an analysis of global ...

Apr 10, 2015

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Breath test for detecting head and neck cancer

A portable device can detect the presence of certain types of cancer in people's breath. Tested on patients, the new device was developed in part by EPFL researchers as part of an international collaboration.

Apr 10, 2015

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Is UK evaluation of reproductive tech a model for US?

When the United Kingdom resoundingly approved mitochondrial replacement therapy in February, it became the first country to give people this new medical option. In parallel it gave the United States serious cause to reflect ...

Apr 10, 2015

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Researchers target protein to stop spread of aggressive tumours

A side-by-side comparison of lung metastases showing the control antibody on the left and the podocalyxin antibody on the right. Researchers developed the podocalyxin antibody and found that it slowed tumour growth and spread.

Apr 10, 2015

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Five days of eating fatty foods can alter the way your body's muscle processes food, researchers find

You might think that you can get away with eating fatty foods for a few days without it making any significant changes to your body. Think again.

Apr 10, 2015

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Trio contrast approaches taken by Britain versus the US concerning mitochondrial replacement therapy

(Medical Xpress)—Glenn Cohen, with Harvard University, Julian Savulescu, with the University of Oxford and Eli Adashi with Brown University have together written and published a Perspectives piece in the journal Science, ...

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Children begin to empathize with others at a younger age than expected

Here's a psychology experiment you can try at home: Watch a Hitchcock film with someone and observe how they respond as the story unfolds.

Apr 10, 2015

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