News tagged with lactic acid
Researchers attempt to solve problems of antibiotic resistance and bee deaths in one
The stomachs of wild honey bees are full of healthy lactic acid bacteria that can fight bacterial infections in both bees and humans.
Mar 14, 2012 |
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Microbiotas characterized for 19 traditional Italian sourdough breads
Italy is well-known for aesthetics that play to every sense of the human sensory system: automotive style, espresso, ancient architecture, music, and Fettuccini Alfredo, among much else. Now a team of Italian investigators ...
Feb 15, 2012 |
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VTT examined the first bottle of 170-year-old beer
Finnish research center VTT has examined one of five bottles of beer salvaged last summer by divers from the wreck of a ship that sank an estimated 170 years ago in the Aland Islands.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Defense mechanism against bacteria and fungi deciphered
To defend microbial attacks, the human body naturally produces a group of antibiotics, called defensins. An interdisciplinary team of biochemists and medical scientists has now deciphered the mechanism of ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 21, 2011 |
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Scientists to develop tougher plastics from plants
Scientists at the University of Bath and Tel Aviv University are working on a new project to improve the properties of plastics made from plants so that they can be used in a wider variety of products, from bottles to clothes.
Nov 19, 2010 |
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Lactic acid levels may indicate onset of brain-related aging
Researchers may eventually monitor the progress of aging by measuring lactic acid levels in the brain, according to a mouse study.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 02, 2010 |
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Scientists develop technology to produce sugar from photosynthetic bacteria
Researchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard and Harvard Medical School have engineered photosynthetic bacteria to produce simple sugars and lactic acid. This innovation could lead ...
Jun 28, 2010 |
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Probiotic without effect against Salmonella
Many tourists travelling abroad go down with diarrhoea, which can be caused by Salmonella. While probiotics are often cited as the solution to various stomach problems, the probiotic, Lactobacillus plantarum has no effect ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 19, 2010 |
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A sticky solution for identifying effective probiotics
Scientists have crystallised a protein that may help gut bacteria bind to the gastrointestinal tract. The protein could be used by probiotic producers to identify strains that are likely to be of real benefit to people.
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Massage after exercise myth busted
A Queen's University research team has blown open the myth that massage after exercise improves circulation to the muscle and assists in the removal of lactic acid and other waste products.
May 07, 2009 |
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Good Bacteria Can Be 'EZ Pass' for Oral Vaccine Against Anthrax
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered that the good bacteria found in dairy products and linked to positive health benefits in the human body might also be an effective ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 17, 2009 |
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