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URI scientist discovers 54 beneficial compounds in pure maple syrup

University of Rhode Island researcher Navindra Seeram has discovered 34 new beneficial compounds in pure maple syrup and confirmed that 20 compounds discovered last year in preliminary research play a key role in human health.

Chemistry / Other

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Transplanted Liver Cells Hold Hope for Treating Inherited Diseases

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mike Gibson, chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at Michigan Technological University, has spent most of his professional life trying to better understand genetic metabolic disorders ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Hunting newborn tests for super-rare gene diseases

(AP) -- At his first birthday, John Klor couldn't sit up on his own. A few months later, he was cruising like any healthy toddler - thanks to a special diet that's treating the North Carolina boy's mysterious ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Novel fungus helps beetles to digest hard wood

A little known fungus tucked away in the gut of Asian longhorned beetles helps the insect munch through the hardest of woods according to a team of entomologists and biochemists. Researchers say the discovery ...

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created Aug 18, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0

All Sweeteners May Not Be the Same When Managing Type 2 Diabetes and Complications

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research by Kalidas Shetty of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Lena Galvez Ranilla of the University of San Paolo, Brazil, shows that when it comes to managing Type 2 diabetes, all sweeteners ...

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created Jul 14, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Rare 'domino' transplant preformed

U.S. transplant surgeons have performed a "domino" transplant procedure to save two patients suffering a life-threatening liver condition.

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created Oct 03, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0


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