3,000-year-old teeth solve Pacific banana mystery
Humans began transporting and growing banana in Vanuatu 3000 years ago, a University of Otago scientist has discovered.
Archaeology
Jan 23, 2020
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Lighting up cardiovascular problems using nanoparticles
Heart disease and stroke are the world's two most deadly diseases, causing over 15 million deaths in 2016 according to the World Health Organization. A key underlying factor in both of these global health crises is the common ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 9, 2019
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Researchers find earliest evidence of milk consumption
Researchers have found the earliest direct evidence of milk consumption anywhere in the world in the teeth of prehistoric British farmers.
Archaeology
Sep 10, 2019
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Surface protein editing in bacteria
University of Minnesota researchers have discovered this previously unknown signaling pathway that regulates surface proteins on bacteria that can lead to new targets for antibiotics.
Cell & Microbiology
May 7, 2019
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Beneficial gut bacteria metabolize fiber to improve heart health in mice
Diets rich in fiber have long been associated with an array of positive outcomes, chief among them healthy hearts and arteries protected from the ravages of atherosclerosis, the accumulation of fatty plaques linked to heart ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 12, 2018
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Researchers discover drug that could combat brain cell death in those with Alzheimer's disease
One of the hallmark traits of Alzheimer's disease, a debilitating disorder marked by memory deficits and general cognitive decline, is the accumulation in the brain of a protein called b-amyloid. These proteins form "plaques" ...
Biochemistry
Oct 23, 2018
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Novel nanoparticle-based approach detects and treats oral plaque without drugs
When the good and bad bacteria in our mouth become imbalanced, the bad bacteria form a biofilm (aka plaque), which can cause cavities, and if left untreated over time, can lead to cardiovascular and other inflammatory diseases ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 17, 2018
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New development in 3-D super-resolution imaging gives insight on Alzheimer's disease
Recent studies show that 40 percent of Americans over the age of 85 have Alzheimer's disease, and that the disease begins 10 to 20 years before people show up at the doctor's office with memory problems.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 16, 2018
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Metallic drivers of Alzheimer's disease
X-ray spectromicroscopy at the Scanning X-ray Microscopy beamline (I08), here at Diamond, has been utilised to pinpoint chemically reduced iron and calcium compounds within protein plaques derived from brains of Alzheimer's ...
Bio & Medicine
May 17, 2018
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Combined imaging approach characterises plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease
Australian Synchrotron X-ray and infrared imaging techniques have been used in a powerful combined approach to characterise the composition of amyloid plaques that are associated with Alzheimer's disease.
Biochemistry
Dec 6, 2017
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