News tagged with plaque
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Trapped dental 'calculus' holds clues to ancient human diets and health
Many ancient human teeth, including specimens tens of thousands of years old, still hold onto tiny pieces of food -- and even bacteria. Anthropologists are studying the tartar attached to ancient human teeth ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 31, 2012 |
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Nowhere to hide: New device sees bacteria behind the eardrum
Doctors can now get a peek behind the eardrum to better diagnose and treat chronic ear infections, thanks to a new medical imaging device invented by University of Illinois researchers. The device could usher ...
May 29, 2012 |
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Researchers discover new research use for plaque
While we may brush and floss tirelessly and our dentists may regularly scrape and pick at our teeth to minimize the formation of plaque known as tartar or dental calculus, anthropologists may be rejoicing ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 02, 2012 |
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Preventing bacteria from falling in with the wrong crowd could help stop gum disease
Stripping some mouth bacteria of their access key to gangs of other pathogenic oral bacteria could help prevent gum disease and tooth loss. The study, published in the journal Microbiology suggests that t ...
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Discovery of 'bioelectric' arteries opens path to heart disease treatment
Bionic eyes and limbs made television's six million dollar man an icon, but new research suggests our existing biological structure already exhibits a valuable electrical property. Scientists have found that ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Researchers watch amyloid plaques form
Researchers at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) and Osaka University applied a new approach to take a close look at amyloid plaque formation, a process that plays important roles in Alzheimer's disease. The technique ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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First detection of pregnancy protein in older people destined for Alzheimer's disease
In an advance toward a much-needed early diagnostic test for Alzheimer's disease (AD), scientists have discovered that older women destined to develop AD have high blood levels of a protein linked to pregnancy ...
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Chemists discover most naturally variable protein in dental plaque bacterium
Two UC San Diego chemists have discovered the most naturally variable protein known to date in a bacterium that is a key player in the formation of dental plaque.
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Juno Jupiter mission to carry plaque dedicated to Galileo
A plaque dedicated to the famous astronomer Galileo Galilei will be carried to Jupiter aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft. The launch period for Juno opens Aug. 5, 2011, and extends through Aug. 26. For an Aug. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 04, 2011 |
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Nanoparticles may help inhibit Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanoparticles of the right dimensions and shape may be the key in combating the plaque that destroys neurons and leads to symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease, a new report shows.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 14, 2011 |
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Streptococcus enzyme could compete with toothbrushes, dental floss
(PhysOrg.com) -- Investigators from Japan show in vitro that the bacterium Streptococcus salivarius, a non-biofilm forming, and otherwise harmless inhabitant of the human mouth, actually inhibits the formation of dental biofilms, ...
Apr 03, 2011 |
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Alzheimer's-like brain changes found in cognitively normal elders with amyloid plaques
Researchers using two brain-imaging technologies have found that apparently normal older individuals with brain deposits of amyloid beta – the primary constituent of the plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's disease ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Asthma drug could help control or treat Alzheimer's disease
A drug used to treat asthma has been shown to help reduce the formation of amyloid beta, a peptide in the brain that is implicated in the development of Alzheimer's disease, according to researchers at Temple University's ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 25, 2011 |
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New research aims to make proteins 'behave badly'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are trying to get proteins to create the sticky plaque often associated with neurological diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's ...
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Potential new treatment to reduce the burden of atherosclerosis in acute coronary syndrome patients
The Montreal Heart Institute today announced the start of the Phase 2 CHI-SQUARE (Can HDL Infusions Significantly QUicken Atherosclerosis REgression?) study of CER-001 in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), in co ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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