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Insulin May Protect Against Alzheimer's Disease
in Daily Diabetic, on February 3, 2009
...ndia, which is used to treat type 2 diabetes. They discovered that insulin protected the cells from clumps of toxic proteins called amyloid beta-derived diffusible ligands (ADDLs), which target nerve ...
Hsp104: Baker's Yeast Protein May Protect Against Parkinson's Disease
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 16, 2008
...nson's disease. However, researchers believe that a protein called alpha-synuclein misfolds and clumps in many forms of the disease, and that this process is intimately tied to the selective death...
Allergy Symptoms in Your Pet
in Allergies, on November 20, 2007
...oms in pets are sneezing and itchy skin which can lead to excessive licking, scratching or pulling clumps of hair from their coats.
In flea endemic areas found in temperate regions, up to 80% of all...
Boots are fantastic!
in Busy with Style, on October 31, 2007
...e that with the most fantastic pair of BOOTS on. You stomp your way through the puddles and the clumps of snow because you know that between you and that coldness is a fine piece of leather keepin...
Bolognese Sauce
in Do you like to cook?, on September 29, 2007
...tables are tender, about 10 minutes.
2. Add the ground meat and cook, stirring and breaking up any clumps, until all traces of red are gone, about 5 minutes. Add the wine or tomato juice, raise the he...
Progranulin Deletion or Mutation Leads to Toxic Proteins Build-up in Neurons
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 28, 2007
...icket that grows, eventually disrupting the normal functioning of the neuron, the researchers say.
Clumps of this protein, TDP-43 , have been found in a number of older age dementias, including Alzh...
Man Swims Around New York
in The Outdoor Weblog, on August 31, 2007
...contaminated dust into the air around the city.
Sarcoidosis is an inflammation that produces tiny clumps of cells in various organs that can eventually affect their functioning.
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Glimpse into Protein Structures Will Give Away Clues to Causes of Diabetes, Alzheimer's disease
in Daily Diabetic, on May 18, 2007
...s.
The said human protein is the protein hIAPP (human islet amyloid polypeptide), found in toxic clumps and is normally produced by the very same cells that make insulin.
These toxic clumps of pro...
One Step Closer to No More Wires
in The Gadgets Weblog, on November 2, 2006
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Do you hate the rat's nest of wires that clumps behind your desk despite your best efforts to prevent it? I do, too, especially every time I have to dig around to plug something in. One of the...
Engineered Heparans: New Treatments for Alzheimer's disease, under Development
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 1, 2006
... Primarily, the cause of Alzheimer's disease is the formation of clumps or plaques of small proteins in the brain. These clumps are clumps are formed from a small protein fragment called Am...
Engineered Anti-Inflammatory Drug (Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist) Prolongs Arthritis Relief
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 17, 2006
...nterleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL1RA) -a protein-- improved by attaching a second protein that clumps together at normal body temperatures.
According to the researchers, the combined drug likew...
Garlic and Hypertension
in Do you like to cook?, on August 29, 2006
Here's a food and health tip for everyone:
Aside from being a wonderful flavouring , garlic ( Allium sativum ) is also a medicinal herb. It contains the chemical allicin, which has anti-bactericidal and anti-viral properties. More than this, garlic is good for the heart because it helps low...
Occasional Forgetfulness May Actually Be a Sign of Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 29, 2006
...ists found that the brains of more than one-third of their research subjects had "waxy protein clumps and other signs of degeneration that are the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease". Thes...
Bioprinting to create synthetic organs
in Nanotechbuzz, on June 28, 2006
...a biophysicist at the University of Missouri in Columbia, relies on droplets of "bioink", clumps of cells a few hundred micrometers in diameter, which Forgacs has found behave just like a li...
Granola: Power Breakfast
in Do you like to cook?, on January 22, 2006
Granola is getting more and more popular. Every health conscious food blogger seems to always be on the lookout for a recipe. It is light, tasty and very filling - makes for a satisfying breakfast or snack.
All this time I thought it was some derivative of the Spanish word for grain - gra...