News tagged with oxidative stress

Study: Folate helps repair damage linked to aging and disease

(PhysOrg.com) -- For more than half a century, scientists have known the importance of folate for good health, especially for expectant mothers. But now, researchers at the University of Florida have discovered an entirely ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 11, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Antioxidant ingredient proven to relieve stress

A dietary ingredient derived from a melon rich in antioxidant superoxide dismutase enzymes has been shown to relieve stress. In a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial, published in BioMed Central's open access ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Researchers provide genetic evidence that antioxidants can help treat cancer

Researchers from Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center have genetic evidence suggesting the antioxidant drugs currently used to treat lung disease, malaria and even the common cold can also help prevent and treat cancers because ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New fiber nanogenerators could lead to electric clothing

(PhysOrg.com) -- In research that gives literal meaning to the term "power suit," University of California, Berkeley, engineers have created energy-scavenging nanofibers that could one day be woven into clothing ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 12, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify major source of cells' defense against oxidative stress

Both radiation and many forms of chemotherapy try to kill tumors by causing oxidative stress in cancer cells. New research from USC on a protein that protects cancer and other cells from these stresses could one day help ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New method monitors early sign of oxidative stress in cancer

(PhysOrg.com) -- The growth of cancerous tumors is fueled, at least in part, by the buildup of free radicals -- highly reactive oxygen-containing molecules.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Pathogen protection and virulence: Dark side of fungal membrane protein revealed

Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech and Montana State University have discovered a fungal protein that plays a key role in causing disease in plants and animals and which also shields ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Protein protects cancer cells from oxidative stress

High levels of a protein called thioredoxin-like 2 helps protect cancer cells from the oxidative stress that they generate as they grow and invade tissues throughout the body, said a consortium of researchers led by those ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Bad mitochondria may actually be good for you

Mice with a defective mitochondrial protein called MCLK1 produce elevated amounts of reactive oxygen when young; that should spell disaster, yet according to a study in this week's JBC these mice actually age at a slower ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Controlling bone formation to prevent osteoporosis

Aging disrupts the balance between bone formation and bone destruction, resulting in osteoporosis, which is characterized by reduced bone mass and increased risk of fracture. Recent data have suggested that this imbalance ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

MHI develops 12-inch wafer bonding machine capable of producing 3-D integrated LSI circuits at room temperature

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has developed the world's first fully automated 12-inch (300 millimeters) wafer bonding machine, dubbed the "Bond Meister MWB-12-ST," capable of producing 3-dimensionally integrated LSI ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Animals have personalities, too

An individual's personality can have a big effect on their life. Some people are outgoing and gregarious while others find novel situations stressful which can be detrimental to their health and wellbeing. Increasingly, scientists ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 28, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1