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Chemistry World April 21, 2008 Pete Mitchel |
The hunt for metabolic biomarkers In the largest metabonomics study ever carried out, researchers have discovered strong correlations between individuals' blood pressure and the levels of certain metabolites in their urine. |
Reactive Reports October 2007 David Bradley |
Chocoholics Anonymous Scientific research funded by chocolate makers at Nestle has demonstrated a link between our love of chocolate and a specific chemical signature programmed into our metabolism. |
Scientific American November 14, 2005 Gunjan Sinha |
Bugs and Drugs Gut bacteria could determine how well medicines work. |
Chemistry World June 5, 2007 |
'Atkins Hormone' Discovered Atkins-style diets have proven their metabolic worth: scientists have discovered a fat-burning role for a specific hormone stimulated by this eating regime. The work has also raised the intriguing question of whether the Atkins diet could make you live longer. |
Bio-IT World April 2007 Kevin Davies |
The Human Metabolome Project Motivated by the absence of a metabolomic equivalent of GenBank that could provide information and possibly even samples of metabolites, researchers secured $7.5 million funding from Genome Canada in 2005 for the "Human Metabolome Project." |
Scientific American June 2008 Melinda Wenner |
Jeremy Nicholson's Gut Instincts: Researching Intestinal Bacteria The body and its intestinal flora produce chemicals with hidden health information, Jeremy Nicholson has found. Someday treating disease may mean treating those bacteria. |
Scientific American February 28, 2005 Gunjan Sinha |
The Diet That Fits With the understanding that some diseases such as obesity are metabolic syndromes in which multiple biochemical pathways interact to cause complex symptoms, metabolic testing offers a way to gauge health over a lifetime. |
Chemistry World November 15, 2012 Laura Howes |
Imperial launches second phenome centre Imperial College London, UK, is launching a new clinical phenome center at St Mary's Hospital London, to analyze the phenotypes of patient's samples. The phenotype includes all external products of genes and environment, from hair colour to chemical markers of disease states. |
Chemistry World August 1, 2012 Patrick Walter |
Phenomenal Olympic science legacy (or is that sustainability?) What do you do with a lab set up solely to catch Olympic drug cheats once the games are over? In the case of the London 2012 games, the answer is to turn it into a state of the art analytical lab. |
Chemistry World January 12, 2007 John Bonner |
First Drug for Fat Dogs Pfizer has been granted a licence by the US FDA to market the world's first medical treatment for canine obesity. Slentrol is a selective microsomal triglyceride transfer protein inhibitor, blocking the assembly and release of lipids from the gut wall into the bloodstream. |
Bio-IT World January 12, 2004 Karen Hopkin |
High-Tech Search for the Fountain of Youth Dramatic advances may help biotechs develop drugs that slow aging. |
AskMen.com Shannon Clark |
Calorie Restriction Diets Some people claim that this diet is "the way" to eat, while others show concern about how unhealthy it really is and how it will limit your growth abilities. |
Chemistry World August 31, 2007 Lionel Milgrom |
Gut's Taste for the Sweet Life Revealed A sugar-sensing receptor in the intestine could explain why drinking diet cola may hinder obese people who hope to lose weight and lead to new ways of treating obesity and diabetes. |
Scientific American June 2009 Krista West |
Learning Fat-Burning Secrets from Sled Dogs Cracking the metabolic secrets of distance-racing canines. |
Chemistry World December 22, 2006 Victoria Gill |
Metabolic Profiling Could Improve Animal Experiments Different types of rats respond to drugs in substantially different ways that can be tracked by metabolic analysis, according to scientists who say their finding has major implications for designing animal experiments. |
Bio-IT World July 14, 2004 Karen Hopkin |
'Omics: The NextGeneration Researchers in industry and academia are cataloging collections of biochemical compounds (metabolomics) to determine how they respond when organisms are challenged by drugs, disease, or stress (metabonomics). |
Popular Mechanics November 12, 2009 Bijal P. Trivedi |
5 Animal Genomes That May Hold Cures to Human Diseases Having the genomic information will guide pharmaceutical assessments and new experimental gene therapies, many of which are being done in animals. |
Fast Company April 2006 |
Eccentric Survey Finding Results from a survey of 150 dog owners by Dogster.com and Simply Hired. |
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2010 Sarah C.P. Williams |
Gut Bacteria Do More Than Digest Food Someone can blame their diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease on the churning mass of bacteria that lives inside their intestines, but there's no magic pill to change the dynamics of that complicated world of the human microbiome. |
Food Processing May 2007 David Joy |
Regulatory Issues: Atkins put to the test The Atkins diet has long been vilified by traditional nutritionists and others. Yet it outperformed three others in terms of greater weight loss while not causing adverse metabolic effects. |
AskMen.com Emily Raine |
Lose Weight Fast Dr. Krista Varady has been overseeing clinical trials to study intermittent fasting's effectiveness for several years, and what she's found may surprise you: This diet works best for men. |
BusinessWeek August 6, 2007 Arlene Weintraub |
Why We Spoil Spot So People naturally love dogs. Or do dogs train us to love them? |
Chemistry World December 20, 2006 Richard Van Noorden |
Blame it on the Bacteria The bacteria in human guts could be partially responsible for obesity, report US researchers. |
Science News June 11, 2005 Christen Brownlee |
Calories May Not Count in Life Extension A team of researchers has shown in fruit flies that shifting a diet's relative amounts of nutrients, such as carbohydrates, protein, and fat, while only modestly cutting calories, extends life span just as much as a drastic calorie cut does. |
BusinessWeek July 18, 2005 Kate Murphy |
Dogs A Few Steps Ahead On Training Consider adopting a retired guide or search dog, or a puppy that didn't make the cut. |
AskMen.com March 27, 2013 |
Nutrition Myths Here are the top 11 biggest lies, myths and misconceptions of mainstream nutrition, such as the idea that eggs are unhealthy for you. |
AskMen.com February 27, 2014 Patrick Owen |
They've Discovered Something That Might Cure Obesity. But It's Seriously Gross. The eternal battle between good and bad bacteria in your gut is greatly affected by your diet, sleep, stress levels, and general health. |
Chemistry World July 30, 2013 |
Animal pharm Making drugs to treat animals is a potentially lucrative market -- but the path to success is a difficult one, as Clare Sansom discovers |
Outside January 2008 Sam Moulton |
Animal Communication: Penelope Smith The author of Animals in Spirit: Our Faithful Companions' Transition to the Afterlife discusses her ability to talk with animals. |
American Family Physician June 1, 2004 |
Dog Bites: Teaching Your Child to Be Safe Most dogs never bite anyone. But any dog might bite if it feels threatened. Children are the most common victims of dog bites. Infants and young children should never be left alone with any dog. |
American Family Physician April 15, 2001 |
Preventing Dog Bites Most dogs will never bite anyone. However, any dog may bite if it feels threatened. Children are the most common victims of dog bites. Infants and young children should never be left alone with a dog... |
Salon.com July 17, 2000 Emily Jenkins |
The dark side of puppy love Sure, dogs are cuddly and loyal, but people like them mostly because they're easy to boss around. |
American Family Physician June 1, 2006 Last & Wilson |
Low-Carbohydrate Diets Because of their higher protein and fat content and lower fiber and carbohydrate content, concerns have been raised about the potential health consequences of low-carbohydrate diets. Published long-term data are lacking. Here are key recommendations for physicians. |
AskMen.com Nick Clarke |
How To: Defend Yourself Against A Dog A dog may be man's best friend, but even the most docile one can turn in the blink of an eye. |
Psychology Today Jul/Aug 2008 Sora Song |
Five Stealth Forces in Weight Loss Scientists are zeroing in on the unexpected ways molecular forces - including genes and viruses - impact your weight. In the process, they're upending the conventional wisdom on just what makes a successful diet. |
American Family Physician January 1, 2003 |
Choosing the Right Diet to Lose Weight What kind of diet will help me lose weight?... Why am I overweight?... What kind of diet should I follow?... Won't it be hard to change my diet? |
AskMen.com August 6, 2003 Steve Richer |
How To: Train Your Dog Dogs are our best friends because they are faithful and always ready to play the games we want to play. But before you can reach that stage of utmost loyalty with your own dog, training must factor into the equation. |
AskMen.com Steve Richer |
How To: Get A Dog Dogs are man's best friends. They're loyal, affectionate, and fun to have around. What's not to love? |
Chemistry World November 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Solving an Ancient Puzzle Analytical chemistry is revolutionizing archaeological study - as well as igniting some controversy |
AskMen.com Kathleen Blanchard |
Anti-Heart Disease Diet Cutting your risk of heart disease can be achieved with good dietary habits. |
Reason October 2000 Frederick K. Goodwin & Adrian R. Morrison |
Science and Self-Doubt Why animal researchers must remember that human beings are special... |
National Defense February 2011 Grace V. Jean |
Navy Researchers Probing Secrets of Fido's Nose Because scientists are still struggling to develop technologies that can sniff out explosives as effectively as the canine nose, the armed forces in the meantime have turned to man's best friend for help in countering hidden bombs. |
Outside March 2010 Brian Alexander |
It's the Dog In You The world's greatest athletes, of any species, are the canines who pull sleds at the Iditarod. Now, a project funded by the Pentagon's research arm, is coming up with ways to make us more like them. |
Chemistry World August 30, 2006 Tom Westgate |
Lasers Shed Light on Magnetic Resonance A new way of measuring nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in liquid samples could have implications across spectroscopy and imaging, report researchers. |
Fast Company July 2008 Kate Rockwood |
Inside the American Hot Dog Business Want a wiener? Americans will eat about 2.3 billion -- a disgusting eight per person -- during National Hot Dog Month. National Hot Dog Day is July 18th, but the 4th is the biggest dog day. |
The Motley Fool July 15, 2004 Rich Smith |
Puppies Are Winning the Dogfight The question that investors in the old dog airlines must ask themselves is how long will it be until one, or more, of the puppies grows tall enough to reach the international "couch"? |
National Defense November 2005 Harold Kennedy |
Sensing Technology Has Yet to Beat a Dog's Nose The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency is increasing its reliance on K-9 teams to spot terrorists, illegal immigrants and drug smugglers. |
CRM November 2013 Marshall Lager |
Debunking the Lone Wolf Sales Myth Let's put this old cliche to sleep. |
Food Processing August 2013 Claudia O'Donnell |
Probiotics - From Weight Management to Survival Skills New studies look at gut microbiota and obesity, while probiotic viability remains a goal. |
Science News October 28, 2006 |
Timeline: From the October 24, 1936, Issue Almost a jungle sprouts from one single root... Check growth of cancer in animals by dietary means... Insect-killing fungi are raised successfully... |