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How Peppermint Helps to Relieve Irritable Bowel Syndrome

How Peppermint Helps to Relieve Irritable Bowel Syndrome University of Adelaide researchers have shown for the first time how peppermint helps to relieve Irritable Bowel Syndrome, which affects up to 20% of the population. In a paper published in the journal Pain, researchers from the University’s Nerve-Gut Research Laboratory explain how peppermint activates an “anti-pain” [...]

Filters That Reduce ‘brain Clutter’ Identified

Filters That Reduce ‘brain Clutter’ Identified Until now, it has been assumed that people with conditions like ADHD, Tourette syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder and schizophrenia — all of whom characteristically report symptoms of “brain clutter” — may suffer from anomalies in the brain’s prefrontal cortex. Damage to this brain region is often associated with failure [...]

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Infection in Jaw of Ancient Reptilian Fossil Revealed

Infection in Jaw of Ancient Reptilian Fossil Revealed A reptile that lived 275-million years ago in what is now Oklahoma is giving paleontologists a glimpse of the oldest known toothache. Led by Professor Robert Reisz, the chair of the Department of Biology at the University of Toronto Mississauga, scientists found evidence of bone damage due [...]

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Bone-Munching Worms from the Deep Sea Thrive on Fish Bones

Bone-Munching Worms from the Deep Sea Thrive on Fish Bones A new study led by a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is painting a more complete picture of an extraordinary sea worm that makes its living in the depths of the ocean on the bones of dead animals. Discovered fewer [...]

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New Medicines from Accelerated Lab Evolution

New Medicines from Accelerated Lab Evolution Scientists at Harvard University have harnessed the prowess of fast-replicating bacterial viruses, also known as phages, to accelerate the evolution of biomolecules in the laboratory. The work, reported in the journal Nature, could ultimately allow the tailoring of custom pharmaceuticals and research tools from lab-grown proteins, nucleic acids, and [...]

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DNA of 50 Breast Cancer Patients Decoded

DNA of 50 Breast Cancer Patients Decoded In the single largest cancer genomics investigation reported to date, scientists have sequenced the whole genomes of tumors from 50 breast cancer patients and compared them to the matched DNA of the same patients’ healthy cells. This comparison allowed researchers to find mutations that only occurred in the [...]

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Four New Genes for Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Identified

Four New Genes for Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Identified In the largest study of its kind, researchers from a consortium of 44 universities and research institutions in the United States, including Rush University Medical Center, identified four new genes linked to Alzheimer’s disease. Each gene individually adds to the risk of having this common form of [...]

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54 Beneficial Compounds Discovered in Pure Maple Syrup

54 Beneficial Compounds Discovered 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. On March 30 at the 241st American Chemical Society’s National Meeting in [...]

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Scientists Trace Violent Death of Iron Age Man

Scientists Trace Violent Death of Iron Age Man An Iron Age man whose skull and brain was unearthed during excavations at the University of York was the victim of a gruesome ritual killing, according to new research. Scientists say that fractures and marks on the bones suggest the man, who was aged between 26 and [...]

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Genetic Switch Increases Muscle Blood Supply

Genetic Switch Increases Muscle Blood Supply Many people suffer from a devastating condition known as critical limb ischemia (CLI) that can lead to muscle wasting and even amputation. The disease is linked to the blockage of blood flow to the skeletal muscle and current treatment options include rehabilitative exercise and surgical bypass of blood vessels. [...]

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