Protein diet in childhood takes a toll on food binges later

WASHINGTON – A high protein diet at a young age makes the body to react unhealthily to future food binges.

A study on juvenile rats suggests that lasting changes result from altering the composition of the first solid food that is consumed throughout growth into early adulthood.

Raylene Reimer worked with a team of researchers from …. Read the original article  : Protein diet in childhood takes a toll on food binges later.

Novel discoveries offer new ways to design HIV vaccine

LONDON – Paving a new way for designing AIDS vaccines, researchers have made novel discoveries about the immune defenses of rare HIV patients who produce antibodies that prevent infection.

Researchers at Rockefeller University and colleagues have now made two fundamental discoveries about the so-called broadly neutralizing anti-HIV antibodies, which effectively keep the virus at bay.

By … Read more : Novel discoveries offer new ways to design HIV vaccine.

Facebook purges pages referring to paedophile group NAMBLA

WASHINGTON – Facebook has begun to remove pages that refer to the North American Man/Boy Love Association after the presence of the nefarious paedophile advocacy group was revealed in a FoxNews.com exclusive report.

Group pages that have been scrubbed from Facebook include The Greensburg group of the North American Man Boy Love Association, whose page featured …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Goa pollution board cracks down on illegal mining

PANAJI – The fate of 51 open cast iron ore mines now hangs in balance as they carried on mining without proper clearances from the state pollution control board. The board will decide soon whether the mining operations at these sites will be allowed to continue.

The state’s top pollution authority also said that mine …. Original article  : Goa pollution board cracks down on illegal mining.

Breast cancer in young women ‘ups risk of disease in relatives’

WASHINGTON – A new study has revealed that close relatives of women diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 35 years are at an increased risk of developing other cancers

The findings from University of Melbourne are surprising and novel which could be pointing to the existence of a new cancer genetic syndrome.

“The results suggest …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Breast cancer in young women ‘ups risk of disease in relatives’.

ADHD is a genetic disorder, finds study

LONDON – A new study has discovered that attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a genetic condition and not the outcome of poor parenting or bad diet.

Scientists at Cardiff University found that children with ADHD were more likely to have small segments of their DNA duplicated or missing than other children.

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Genes that make people tall or short identified

LONDON – An international team of scientists have found that a seemingly simple inherited trait – height – springs from hundreds of genetic causes.

The study identified hundreds of gene variants in at least 180 locations that influence adult height, an observable trait. Robert Kaplan, professor of epidemiology and population health at Albert Einstein …. Original source  : Genes that make people tall or short identified.

New study lays foundation for building on the Moon

WASHINGTON – To build a structure anywhere, testing the nature of its foundation is of utmost importance, but it is difficult to test some building sites in advance – such as those on the moon. New research from North Carolina State University is helping resolve the problem by using computer models.

These models can utilize a … Read more : New study lays foundation for building on the Moon.

Simple approach to ‘wipe out’ oil remaining from Exxon Valdez spill

WASHINGTON – Scientists have reported that traces of crude oil from the Exxon Valdez oil spill remain highly biodegradable, despite almost 20 years of weathering and decomposition.

Their findings suggest a simple approach for further cleaning up remaining traces of the Exxon Valdez spill.

Albert D. Venosa and colleagues found that bacteria, evaporation and sunlight work together … Original source on Gaea Times at : Simple approach to ‘wipe out’ oil remaining from Exxon Valdez spill.

Rights activists from Brazil, Nepal, Nigeria and Israel share 2010 ‘Alternative Nobel’

Rights activists share Alternative Nobel
STOCKHOLM – Human rights and environmental activists from Nepal, Nigeria, Brazil and Israel were named the winners Thursday of this year’s Right Livelihood Award, also known as the “alternative Nobel.”

They are Nigeria’s Nnimmo Bassey, chairman of Friends of the Earth International, Austrian-Brazilian Bishop Erwin Kraeutler, Shrikrishna Upadhyay for his fight against …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Rights activists from Brazil, Nepal, Nigeria and Israel share 2010 ‘Alternative Nobel’.

UN: Opium production in Afghanistan down by almost half in 2010 due to plant disease

UN: Afghan opium production halved in 2010

VIENNA – Afghanistan’s opium production declined by almost half this year due largely to the spread of a disease that damaged poppy plants, but the amount of land used for growing the crop remained the same, the U.N.’s drug agency said Thursday.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime …. Source article  : UN: Opium production in Afghanistan down by almost half in 2010 due to plant disease.

Energy efficient LEDs to ‘make you feel homey at home’

WASHINGTON – A new lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is helping to bring LEDs (light emitting diodes) into homes, to help save both energy costs and the environment.

“LEDs can be very energy efficient, and they are a lot smaller and last a lot longer than light bulbs,” said NIST vision …. Read the original article  : Energy efficient LEDs to ‘make you feel homey at home’.

Rivers serving 80pc of world’s population under threat

LONDON – Researchers have revealed that multiple environmental stressors, such as agricultural runoff, pollution and invasive species, threaten rivers that serve 80 percent of the world’s population, around 5 billion people.

These same stressors endanger the biodiversity of 65 percent of the world’s river habitats and put thousands of aquatic wildlife species at risk, according to … Original source on Gaea Times at : Rivers serving 80pc of world’s population under threat.

Scientists develop new technique to reattach teeth using stem cells

WASHINGTON – Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have for the first time developed and successfully tested a new approach to anchor teeth back in the jaw using stem cells.

Researchers in UIC’s Brodie Laboratory for Craniofacial Genetics used stem cells obtained from the periodontal ligament of molars extracted from mice, expanded them in … Read more : Scientists develop new technique to reattach teeth using stem cells.

Species accumulating on Earth at slower rates than in the past: Study

WASHINGTON – A new study has revealed that species are still accumulating on Earth but at a slower rate than in the past.

Computational biologists at the University of Pennsylvania developed a novel computational approach to infer the dynamics of species diversification using the family trees … Original source on Gaea Times at : Species accumulating on Earth at slower rates than in the past: Study.

Women treated for breast cancer while pregnant have improved survival

WASHINGTON – A new study has discovered that women treated for breast cancer while pregnant have improved disease-free survival and a trend for improved overall survival compared to non-pregnant women treated for the disease.

Jennifer Litton, M.D., assistant professor in UT MD Anderson’s Department of Breast Medical Oncology, presented the …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Women treated for breast cancer while pregnant have improved survival.

Novel drug eases osteoarthritis knee pain

LONDON – A new research has shown that a phase II clinical trial of the first new type of drug for musculoskeletal pain since aspirin shows that it significantly reduces knee pain in osteoarthritis.

According to the new research from Northwestern Medicine, phase III trials of that drug, tanezumab, have been …. Read the original article  : here.

How HRT and the Pill can lead to breast cancer

LONDON – Synthetic sex hormones called progestins used in hormone replacement therapy, HRT, and in contraceptives can increase the risk of breast cancers, say experts.

And now medical researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna have … Read this article on Gaea Times at : How HRT and the Pill can lead to breast cancer.

Alcohol consumption on the rise, finds research

WASHINGTON – A new study has found that due to various factors, including social, economic and ethnic influences and pressures, more people are drinking than 20 years ago.

A UT Southwestern Medical Center analysis of national alcohol consumption patterns gathered the data from more than …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

New study challenges Clovis comet catastrophe theory

WASHINGTON – The controversial theory that an ancient comet impact devastated the Clovis people, one of the earliest known cultures to inhabit North America, has been challenged by a new research.

Archaeologists Vance Holliday (University of Arizona) and David Meltzer …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : New study challenges Clovis comet catastrophe theory.