News tagged with bile acid
Liver parasite lacks key genes for fatty acid synthesis: Genome sequencing of Clonorchis sinensis
The human liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis affects more than 35 million people in South East Asia and 15 million in China. Infection by this parasite causes clonorchiasis. Repeated or chronic infection can lead to serious diseas ...
Oct 24, 2011 |
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X-rays help advance the battle against heart disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Imperial College London and Diamond Light Source have revealed the structure of a cholesterol-lowering-drug target. Published in the journal Nature, this finding could lead ...
Oct 06, 2011 |
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Bile acids link high-fat diet to colon cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bile acids could be the missing link between a high-fat, Western-style diet and colon cancer, UA researchers Carol and Harris Bernstein and their collaborators have discovered.
Feb 09, 2011 |
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Fountain of youth in bile? Longevity molecule identified
The human quest for longer life may be one step closer, thanks to research from Concordia University. Published in the journal Aging, a new study is the first to identify the role of a bile acid, called lithocholic acid ( ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Cause of common chronic diarrhea revealed in new research
(PhysOrg.com) -- A common type of chronic diarrhoea may be caused by a hormone deficiency, according to new research published in the November issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The author ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 02, 2009 |
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'2-faced' Bioacids Put a New Face on Carbon Nanotube Self-Assembly
Nanotubes, the tiny honeycomb cylinders of carbon atoms only a few nanometers wide, are perhaps the signature material of modern engineering research, but actually trying to organize the atomic scale rods ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 13, 2009 |
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