News tagged with nicotinamide
Reducing niacin intake can prevent obesity
A research team from China explored the mechanism underlying niacin's action on glucose metabolism, and the association between the US per capita niacin consumption and the obesity prevalence in the US. They found there is ...
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May 20, 2010 |
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Naturally fluorescent molecules may serve as cancer biomarker
Excess amounts of a naturally fluorescent molecule found in all living cells could serve as a natural biomarker for cancer, according to bioengineers.
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Vitamin B3 as a novel approach to treat fungal infections
A team of scientists from the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the University of Montreal have identified vitamin B3 as a potential antifungal treatment. Led by IRIC Principal Investigators ...
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Jul 08, 2010 |
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Is nicotinamide overload a trigger for type 2 diabetes?
Facing the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes worldwide in the past few decades, one may ask what is wrong with humans. Geneticists tell us that the human genome has not changed markedly in such a short time. Therefore, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Researchers explore new ways to prevent spinal cord damage using a vitamin B3 precursor
Substances naturally produced by the human body may one day help prevent paralysis following a spinal cord injury, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College. A recent $2.5 million grant from the New York State ...
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Nov 05, 2009 |
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Scientists identify roots of diabetic tissue damage
(PhysOrg.com) -- Results from comprehensive assessments of diabetes' effects on cell metabolism may aid efforts to reduce diabetic damage to nerves, blood vessels and other tissues, according to researchers at Washington ...
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Oct 22, 2009 |
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Retinal rescue: Cells derived from human embryonic stem cells reverse retinal degeneration
A new study reports that transplanted pigment-containing visual cells derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) successfully preserved structure and function of the specialized light-sensitive lining of the eye (known ...
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Fluorescent co-enzyme is an early indicator for breast cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Think back to high-school biology and you may recall some basics about cellular respiration: how organelles called mitochondria function like little power stations, converting nutrients from ...
Oct 01, 2009 |
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The path to new antibiotics: Researchers find vulnerable enzyme in pathogens
Researchers at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and University of Maryland have demonstrated that an enzyme that is essential to many bacteria can be targeted ...
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Compound is key coordinator of clock and metabolism
Our circadian clock, or biological timing system, governs our daily cycles of feeding, activity and sleep. Research using cells has produced a solid portrait of the clock at the genetic and molecular levels, but understanding ...
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Mar 19, 2009 |
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Researchers find pathway and enzyme unique to tularemia organism
Researchers are closer to developing therapies to combat the deadly tularemia infection, according to a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences' online Early Edition.
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Feb 03, 2009 |
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Vitamin B3 reduces Alzheimer's symptoms, lesions
An over-the-counter vitamin in high doses prevented memory loss in mice with Alzheimer's disease, and UC Irvine scientists now are conducting a clinical trial to determine its effect in humans.
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Nov 04, 2008 |
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