News articles tagged with 'sugar' (Page 2)
New weight loss discovery by Harvard scientists moves us closer to 'the Pill' for obesity
— 8 Mar 2011 12:53 | HealthAn important discovery in mice may make a big difference in people's waistlines thanks to a team of Harvard scientists who found that reducing the function of a transmembrane protein,…
Sugar-sweetened drinks associated with higher blood pressure
— 1 Mar 2011 17:12 | HealthSoda and other sugar-sweetened beverages such as fruit drinks are associated with higher blood pressure levels in adults, researchers report in Hypertension: Journal of the American…
New pneumococcal vaccine approach successful in early tests
— 17 Feb 2011 16:54 | HealthPneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae) accounts for as much as 11 percent of mortality in young children worldwide. While successful vaccines like Prevnar(R) exist, they are expensive…
Coffee, energy drinkers beware: Many mega-sized drinks loaded with sugar
— 4 Feb 2011 16:25 | HealthStarbucks recently announced a new-sized 31-ounce drink, the 'Trenta,' which will be in stores this spring. The mega-sized coffee joins the ranks of other energy drinks that can pack…
Microbiologists at TU Muenchen aim to optimise bio-ethanol production
— 4 Feb 2011 16:13 | TechnologyFood versus fuel - this rivalry is gaining significance against a backdrop of increasingly scarce farmland and a concurrent trend towards the use of bio-fuels. Researchers at the Technische…
Blood-clotting agent can diagnose fatal genetic diseases, finds study
— 3 Feb 2011 17:36 | HealthUniversity of Manchester scientists have shown that a protein involved in blood clotting can be used to diagnose and subsequently monitor the treatment of a group of childhood genetic…
UT Southwestern researchers uncover potential 'cure' for type 1 diabetes
— 27 Jan 2011 18:23 | HealthType 1 diabetes could be converted to an asymptomatic, non-insulin-dependent disorder by eliminating the actions of a specific hormone, new findings by UT Southwestern Medical Centre…
Team overcomes major obstacles to cellulosic biofuel production
— 3 Jan 2011 16:35 | EnvironmentA newly engineered yeast strain can simultaneously consume two types of sugar from plants to produce ethanol, researchers report. The sugars are glucose, a six-carbon sugar that is…
New discovery about how flowering time of plants can be controlled
— 8 Dec 2010 18:20 | BiologyResearchers at Umea Plant Science Centre in Sweden discovered, in collaboration with the Syngenta company, a previously unknown gene in sugar beets that blocks flowering. The discovery…
Soya beans could hold clue to treating fatal childhood disease
— 2 Dec 2010 18:40 | HealthScientists from The University of Manchester say a naturally occurring chemical found in soy could prove to be an effective new treatment for a fatal genetic disease that affects children…