26 June 2013 by Jacob Aron Magazine issue 2923. Subscribe and save For similar stories, visit the Space flight and Genetics Topic Guides BLOODLETTING and vitamin pills are the future for astronaut health regimes. So hints a provocative proposal… Read More ›
Baylor College of Medicine
Vegetable compound could become ingredient to treating leukemia
Contact: Graciela Gutierrez 713-798-4710 Baylor College of Medicine HOUSTON – (Dec. 12, 2012) – It looks like your mother was on to something when she said, “Eat your vegetables!” A concentrated form of a compound called sulforaphane found in broccoli… Read More ›
Study: Exposure to herbicide may increase risk of rare disorder: atrazine / choanal atresia
Contact: Dana Benson benson@bcm.edu 713-798-4710 Baylor College of Medicine HOUSTON – (Sept. 28, 2012) – A common herbicide used in the United States may be linked to an increased risk of a congenital abnormality of the nasal cavity known as… Read More ›
The epigenetics of increasing weight through the generations ” resulting in amplification of obesity across generations “
Re-Post from 2008 Contact: Dipali Pathak pathak@bcm.edu 713-798-4710 Baylor College of Medicine Overweight mothers give birth to offspring who become even heavier, resulting in amplification of obesity across generations, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in Houston who found that… Read More ›
Mutation causes defective Natural Killer cells
Natural Killer (NK) cells defend the body against infectious diseases and cancer by recognizing and killing stressed or infected cells and patients with NK deficiencies are susceptible to severe viral infections. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical… Read More ›
Study shows link between morbid obesity, low IQ in toddlers
Contact: April Frawley Birdwell afrawley@vpha.health.ufl.edu 352-273-5817 University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida researchers have discovered a link between morbid obesity in toddlers and lower IQ scores, cognitive delays and brain lesions similar to those seen in Alzheimer’s… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 