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Universitat AutA2noma de Barcelona researchers have confirmed that a diet rich in polyphenols and polyunsaturated fatty acids, patented as an LMN diet, helps boost the production of the brain's stem cells -neurogenesis- and strengthens their differentiation in different types of neuron cells.

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 20 Nov 2009 The pedal-to-the-metal signals driving the growth of several types of cancer cells lead to a common switch governing the use of glucose, researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have discovered.

Main Category: Liver Disease / Hepatitis Also Included In: Men's health ; Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 20 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST Scientists in China are reporting discovery of unusual liver proteins, found only in males, that may help explain the long-standing mystery of why the hepatitis B virus sexually discriminates -- hitting men harder ...

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Sexual Health / STDs ; Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 21 Nov 2009 - 1:00 PST Since the discovery in 2007 that a component of human semen called SEVI boosts infectivity of the virus that causes AIDS , researchers have been trying to learn more about SEVI and how it works, in hopes of thwarting its ...

Featured Article Main Category: Breast Cancer Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology ; Biology / Biochemistry ; Preventive Medicine Article Date: 20 Nov 2009 - 8:00 PST A team of scientists from the US and the UK have shown that blocking an enzyme called lysyl oxidase that causes tissue to stiffen reduces the likelihood of abnormal but non-malignant ...

Abstract Multiple structural alignment is a fundamental problem in structural genomics.

A new treatment route for bovine spongiform encephalopathy and its human form Creutzfeldt Jakob disease could be a step closer based on new results from scientists at the University of Leeds.

A team led by Penn State's Ross Hardison, T. Ming Chu Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, has taken a large step toward unraveling how regulatory proteins control the production of gene products during development and growth.

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From the Laboratory of Molecular Biochemistry of Hypertension, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Susan S. Taylor, a professor at the University of California, San Diego, has been named the recipient of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2010 Excellence in Science Award.

Main Category: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry The aorta, the body's largest artery, stretches from the chest to below the kidneys, expanding and contracting with the pressure of blood driven directly into it by the heart.

Main Category: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Also Included In: Respiratory / Asthma Biology / Biochemistry Many heart attack patients have high levels of cardiac biomarkers in the blood for several months after leaving the hospital, with more shortness of breath and chest pain, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that a dietary antioxidant found in such vegetables as broccoli and cauliflower protects cells from damage caused by chemicals generated during the body's inflammatory response to infection and injury.

Featured Article Main Category: Nutrition / Diet Also Included In: Anxiety / Stress ; GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology ; Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 13 Nov 2009 - 2:00 PST A new study by Nestle researchers suggests that eating a few pieces of dark chocolate every day may improve the metabolic response of people who report feeling highly ...

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Genetics ; Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 13 Nov 2009 - 3:00 PST Structural biologists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have described the architecture of the complex of protein units that make up the coat surrounding the HIV genome and identified in it a "seam" of functional ...

Main Category: Colorectal Cancer Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 14 Nov 2009 - 1:00 PST One difficulty with fighting cancer cells is that they are similar in many respects to the body's stem cells .

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 14 Nov 2009 Although recent advances have raised hopes that a protective vaccine can be developed, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome remains a major public health problem.

Main Category: Biology / Biochemistry Also Included In: Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Article Date: 12 Nov 2009 - 20:00 PST Chronobiology International - Informa Healthcare's journal on how biological rhythms affect the systems of living things - has published a 14-year study of more than 7000 subjects which concludes that shift-work ...

Main Category: Neurology / Neuroscience Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry The lipid that accumulates in brain cells of individuals with an inherited enzyme disorder also drives the cell death that is a hallmark of the disease, according to new research led by St.