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Bottled Tea Beverages May Contain Fewer Polyphenols Than Brewed Tea

Scientists reported that many of the increasingly popular beverages included in their study contain fewer polyphenols than a single cup of home-brewed green or black tea. Some contain such small amounts that consumers would have to drink 20 bottles to get the polyphenols present in one cup of tea.
[3.9.2010]  

Thymus Cells Transform Into Skin Cells in Swiss Laboratory

Taking one type of cell and transforming it into another type is now possible. Cells taken from the thymus have been transformed into skin cells -- a discovery that may have important ramifications for the field of organ regeneration.
[2.9.2010]  

SPF on Your Plate

In a study recently published in Nutrition Reviews, Dr. Shapira has shown that a diet rich in antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids, like the diet eaten in Mediterranean regions where melanoma rates are extremely low, can help protect us from skin cancer.
[1.9.2010]  

Bacteria Can Have a Sense of Smell

Bacteria are well-known to be the cause of some of the most repugnant smells on earth, but now scientists have revealed this lowest of life forms actually has a sense of smell of its own.
[31.8.2010]  

Higher Temperatures to Slow Asian Rice Production

Production of rice -- the world's most important crop for ensuring food security and addressing poverty -- will be thwarted as temperatures increase in rice-growing areas with continued climate change, according to a new study by an international team of scientists.
[30.8.2010]  

Calcium Supplements Linked To 30% Increased Risk Of Heart Attack

The results seem to indicate that a reassessment of the role of calcium supplements in osteoporosis management is needed. Calcium supplements are commonly prescribed for skeletal health, but the recent trial suggested they might increase rates of heart attack (myocardial infarction) and cardiovascular events in healthy older women.
[27.8.2010]  

Scientists Map All Mammalian Gene Interactions

Researchers have taken mammalian genome maps, including human maps, one step further by showing not just the order in which genes fall in the genome but which genes actually interact.
[26.8.2010]  

Millions of Microorganisms Reach Spain from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel Region -- By Flying

Every day, millions of microorganisms reach Spain from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel region -- by flying. For the first time, the international team on the Ecosensor project, funded by the BBVA Foundation, has analyzed these traveling microorganisms using molecular biology techniques.
[25.8.2010]  

A Magnetic Solution to Identify and Kill Tumors

Innovative method, soon to be published in the journal Nanomedicine, uses heat to kill the tumor cells but leaves surrounding healthy tissue intact. Using specific biomarkers attached to individual tumors, Prof. Gannot's special mixture of nano-particles and antibodies locates and binds to the tumor itself.
[24.8.2010]  

Computer supermaterial could stop your shoes smelling

Sheets of graphene oxide are highly effective at killing bacteria, say Chunhai Fan, Qing Huang and colleagues at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai. The team sprayed sheets of the material with an aerosol rich in Escherichia coli, and then placed the sheets in an incubator and examined them under a microscope. "We observed that E.coli cells were destroyed when they interacted with the graphene oxide," says Fan, providing the first evidence that graphene oxide kills bacteria.
[23.8.2010]