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South Dakota State University professor Cody Wright and University of Nebraska Extension researcher Rick Funston each focused on nutrition and its benefits in cow herds at the Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle conference in Sioux Falls, S.D., earlier this month.
Wright talked about mineral nutrition, noting that there are far more questions than answers on the subject, although research is continuing.
Funston, who works at the universitys North Platte research center, said beef producers can change the growth curve in cattle by fetal programming, including putting more cattle out on corn residue and supplementing diets in winter grazing systems to improve not only the mothers health but also those of calves even before they are born.
Wright said mineral supplements are small in proportion to total nutrition intake but critical to growth, immune function and reproduction in beef cattle herds.
He said when he was an Extension specialist, one of the most common questions he received about sick calves or reproduction problems was whether there were mineral deficiencies.
Nine times out of 10, it had nothing to do with the mineral formulation. It was usually right on the money. But the problem is that it was formulated for three ounces of intake, but the cows were only eating one (ounce), he said.
Calcium and phosphorus are the two main, or macro, minerals needed.
Calcium plays a tremendous role in animal reproduction, Wright said. He said its closely tied to sperm motility, fertilization of eggs and enabling of sperm to travel to an egg. Mother Nature has a safety net in the bones for calcium intake, but its not a big mineral to be concerned about as a supplement.
The mineral is found in forage. Wright said studies show that calcium in forage decreases over time as plants mature, so there is more of a benefit to a supplement in the springtime.
Phosphorus, Wright said, also plays a critical role in reproduction and is an important component of an animals DNA. It plays a role in sperm production, egg production and egg fertilization.
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UCLA professor receives nearly 20 million dollars for HIV vaccine
Professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics Irvin Chen discusses his HIV research findings, goals and advice to future scientists.
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Carl Woese, the University of Illinois microbiology professor credited with the discovery of a third domain of life, died Sunday at his home in Urbana. He was 84.
In 1977, Mr. Woese and his colleagues overturned a universally held assumption about the basic structure of the tree of life. Microbes, now known as archaea, are as distinct from bacteria as plants and animals are, they wrote in a published paper. Prior to this finding, scientists had lumped archaea together with bacteria and asserted that the tree of life had two main branches bacteria (called prokarya), and everything else (eukarya). Their discovery added archaea as a third main branch of the evolutionary family tree.
We are all saddened at the passing of Dr. Woese and our collective thoughts are with his family, Chancellor Phyllis Wise said in a press release. It is truly impossible to adequately describe or to categorize his contributions to the University of Illinois, to biology and to the world during his long and distinguished career here. The campus community has lost one of our giants this week, she said.
Mr. Woese was born on July 15, 1928, in Syracuse, N.Y. He earned bachelors degrees in math and physics from Amherst College and a Ph.D. in biophysics at Yale University. He studied medicine at the University of Rochester, was a postdoctoral researcher in biophysics at Yale and worked as a biophysicist at the General Electric Research Laboratory in Schenectady, N.Y., before he joined the microbiology faculty at the UI in 1964. He was also a professor at the UI's Institute for Genomic Biology.
Carl was truly a man of vision, creativity and passion, with a deep love of this university, said Gene Robinson, director of the UI's Institute for Genomic Biology in a statement. Carl not only rewrote the textbook in evolutionary biology, but his discovery also has given us the tools today to study the human microbiome, the incredibly diverse and complex assemblages of microorganisms in our bodies that contribute so much to both health and disease.
Woese received a number of awards for his research: a MacArthur Foundation grant in 1984, election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1988, the Leeuwenhoek Medal (microbiologys premier honor from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) in 1992, a National Medal of Science in 2000 and many more.
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Feeling a compulsion to spend money even though there is nothing you really need?
Dont worry, its just biology. The Australian Retailers Association predicts $14.8 billion will be spent in the coming weeks, helped along by human nature and the fear that if youre not in the shops, youre missing out.
As human beings, you assume that if lots of people want something, then we need to be part of it it is the scarcity effect basically, Dr Paul Harrison, a senior lecturer in consumer behaviour and advertising at the Deakin Graduate School of Business, said.
If lots of people want it, it has more value. If we are looking around and everyone is grabbing for towels, even if we dont need them, we feel that if we miss out which the whole scarcity thing is; well miss out on something important.
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That is part of what makes us human we are really responding to animal instincts at sale time and research has actually shown that a different form of thinking goes on in our brain when we see words like 'sale' or 'free'.
We actually over ride the rational part of our brain with the emotional part of our brain, so it is a chemical process as much as anything else.
That psychological response, Dr Harrison said, was helped along by marketing messages.
In a positive light, I would say that people tend to respond well to marketing messages, but in a negative light, you could probably argue that people have a tendency to look at what other people are doing and what messages are being broadcast to help us to make decisions; so if we are constantly being told that these sales are amazing and lots of people are going to go there, then theres a degree of behaviour which suggests maybe if I dont go, Ill miss out.
One of the really interesting things is the way retailers are saying it is not going to be a great year, it is only a growth of three to four percent, but in reality, that kind of growth is pretty good, we just got used to unreasonable amounts of growth from the early '90s until recently, particularly for retailers.
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Feeling a compulsion to spend money even though there is nothing you really need?
Dont worry, its just biology. The Australian Retailers Association predicts $14.8 billion will be spent in the coming weeks, helped along by human nature and the fear that if youre not in the shops, youre missing out.
As human beings, you assume that if lots of people want something, then we need to be part of it it is the scarcity effect basically, Dr Paul Harrison, a senior lecturer in consumer behaviour and advertising at the Deakin Graduate School of Business, said.
If lots of people want it, it has more value. If we are looking around and everyone is grabbing for towels, even if we dont need them, we feel that if we miss out which the whole scarcity thing is; well miss out on something important.
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That is part of what makes us human we are really responding to animal instincts at sale time and research has actually shown that a different form of thinking goes on in our brain when we see words like 'sale' or 'free'.
We actually over ride the rational part of our brain with the emotional part of our brain, so it is a chemical process as much as anything else.
That psychological response, Dr Harrison said, was helped along by marketing messages.
In a positive light, I would say that people tend to respond well to marketing messages, but in a negative light, you could probably argue that people have a tendency to look at what other people are doing and what messages are being broadcast to help us to make decisions; so if we are constantly being told that these sales are amazing and lots of people are going to go there, then theres a degree of behaviour which suggests maybe if I dont go, Ill miss out.
One of the really interesting things is the way retailers are saying it is not going to be a great year, it is only a growth of three to four percent, but in reality, that kind of growth is pretty good, we just got used to unreasonable amounts of growth from the early '90s until recently, particularly for retailers.
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A collaboration between researchers at the School of Biochemistry and Immunology and the Department of Microbiology at Trinity College Dublin has identified a mechanism by which the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) colonizes our nasal passages. The study, published today in the Open Access journal PLOS Pathogens, shows for the first time that a protein located on the bacterial surface called clumping factor B (ClfB) has high affinity for the skin protein loricrin.
S. aureus is a major human pathogen, with the potential to cause severe invasive diseases. It is a major cause for concern in hospitals and healthcare facilities, where many infections are caused by strains resistant to commonly used antibiotics [MRSA]. Interestingly, S. aureus persistently colonizes about 20% of the human population by binding to skin-like cells within the nasal cavity. Being colonized predisposes an individual towards becoming infected so it is vital that we understand the mechanisms involved.
ClfB was previously shown to promote S. aureus colonization in a human nasal colonization volunteer study. This paper now identifies the mechanism by which ClfB facilitates S. aureus nasal colonization. Purified ClfB bound loricrin with high affinity and this interaction was shown to be crucial for successful colonization of the nose in a mouse model. A knockout mouse lacking loricrin in its skin cells allowed fewer bacterial cells to colonize its nasal passages than a normal mouse. When S. aureus strains that lacked ClfB were used nasal colonization could not be achieved at all. Finally it was shown that soluble loricrin could reduce binding of S. aureus to human nasal skin cells and that nasal administration of loricrin reduced S. aureus colonization of mice.
Rachel McLoughlin, the study's corresponding author and Lecturer at the School of Biochemistry and Immunology at Trinity College Dublin concludes, "Loricrin is a major determinant of S. aureus nasal colonization." This discovery therefore opens new avenues for developing therapeutic strategies to reduce the burden of nasal carriage and consequently infections with this bacterium. This is particularly important given the difficulties associated with treating MRSA infections.
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FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: This project was funded by a Science Foundation Ireland Programme Investigator award 08/IN.1/B1845 to TJF and a Wellcome Trust RCDF (WT086515MA) to RMM. The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
COMPETING INTERESTS: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
CITATION: Mulcahy ME, Geoghegan JA, Monk IR, O'Keeffe KM, Walsh EJ, et al. (2012) Nasal Colonisation by Staphylococcus aureus Depends upon Clumping Factor B Binding to the Squamous Epithelial Cell Envelope Protein Loricrin. PLOS Pathog 8(12): e1003092. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003092
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Mary Shelleys novel, Frankenstein was first published in 1818. In this world-renowned classic, Dr. Frankenstein tries to carry out his dream of extending life by restoring body parts of the dead. His plan backfires and he creates a monster. This fictitious characters quest seems so far-fetched, but the desire to create ever-lasting life may not be so out of touch after all. They say now-a-days 40 is the new 50 and 50 is the new 60, and so on. People are working harder and harder to look younger and live longer.
Aging is something we cant avoid, but Americans still spend millions on anti-aging products and are always looking for the next best anti-aging solution. Doctors and nutritionists around the world will still tell us that if you want to live a long life the key steps aredont smoke, exercise regularly, eat wholesome foods, and avoid fats.
In the last decade there has been a lot of emphasis on the science of aging and how to live a longer, healthier life. What scientists have discovered is that there is a lot more to hitting that magic number; 100 than those key steps mentioned above. Heres a look at some science based health tips you can consider if you want to live to be 100 or older.
Inflammation and Aging
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. Studies show that gum disease can contribute to cardiovascular disease. Gum disease which creates inflammation may be responsible for the problem. Although the inflammation theory continues to be debated, recent investigations including one involving researchers in Italy and the U.K have pointed to a protein called CRP that is associated with inflammation. The scientists believe that simple teeth brushing and flossing could help reduce the risk of the inflammation and therefore the risk of heart disease.
Eastern cultures have used herbs for centuries believing that they have anti-aging properties and the ability to help ward off problems like inflammation. In recent years western based researchers have come to suggest that curcumin; a substance found in the yellow colored Indian spice turmeric, can be effective in reducing inflammation.
One study, published this month in Phytotherapy Research indicates that curcumin has been effective in helping people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, and that it could have other unexpected anti-aging effects.
Sleeping and Anti-Aging
A good nights sleep always does wonders for our bodies. It restores and rejuvenates us. Some say it even helps us look younger when we get a full 8 hours in. Sleep specialists say that catching the right amount of Zzzs can lengthen your life. A lot of sleep research has been conducted through the University of Pittsburgh, where they have concluded that sleep disturbances have serious health effects on life expectancy. It seems those who dont get enough sleep have to turn to health providers more often. One study of 185 older adults, showed 66 who stayed awake for long periods of time during the night, passed away. The study, published in Psychosomatic Medicine did factor in any health issues the participants had at the time of the experiment.
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AS JAMAICA celebrates its 50th year of Independence, it remains a well-established fact that young children in poor communities are at risk from under-nutrition and malnutrition due to lack of resources, neglect, abuse and inappropriate care by parents and caregivers.
Approximately one in every four children under the age of four live in poverty, amounting to approximately 70,000.
With 2030 Vision goals articulated, the quality of health care must be improved for the mental, physical and emotional well-being of children.
The need for home-based early-childhood and day-care programmes for poor children from birth to three offers hope of breaking the cycle of poverty, especially when mothers are unemployed.
Increasing the Malnourished Children's Programme is another vital ingredient.
Other recommendations include:
Implement and monitor strategies to meet the number-one goal of reducing poverty and eradicating hunger.
Provide access to basic education as there are now more school-age children in developing countries than ever before.
Improve school-feeding programmes to provide one hot meal for every school-age child.
Provide nutritional supplementation, psychosocial stimulation and improvements in the mental development of stunted children.
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Top Secret Nutrition earned the coveted award in just its second year of operation
Miramar, Florida (PRWEB) December 28, 2012
Supplement companies start up for myriad reasons. Sometimes it's a former pro with a niche in want of expansion and other companies stomp a foot in the door because they found a door and happened to have a big foot. Top Secret Nutrition follows the second course. It saw a void in the industry and sought to fill it. The company doesn't pigeonhole itself though. It is expanding like the muscles of a well-disciplined weightlifter. Tom Richardson and his crew are just getting started. You don't have to wait to see how this company advances. It's happening already, and that's no secret. That's why we congratulate Top Secret Nutrition as the December Supplement Company of the Month! Bodybuilding.com.
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Top Secret Nutrition is a developer and marketer of high-quality nutritional supplements with the purpose of Fueling Active Life Styles 24/7 and is considered a leader in sports nutrition, general heath and weight management supplementation. The company currently has over 40 products spanning across the three supplementation segments. These products are widely available in the United States at some of the most relevant retailers such as Bodybuilding.com, GNC, Vitamin Shoppe, and Vitamin World. The products are also distributed to a wide network of retailers by Europa Sports, Select Nutrition Distributors, and the Chiropractors Buying Group. Top Secret Nutritions products are increasingly available in international markets.
Top Secret Nutrition is based in Miramar, Florida. All of its products are manufactured in the United States using Good Manufacturer Practices (GMP) certified labs. For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Tom Richardson at (954) 496-9600 or tom(at)topsecretnutrition(dot)com.
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Everton manager David Moyes has backed his captain Phil Neville to achieve his dream of another two or three years at the top level of English football.
Neville, who celebrates his 36th birthday next month, made his 500th Premier League appearance in the 2-1 win over Wigan on Boxing Day. His next target is to reach 700 career appearances, which he needs another 14 games to do.
The former Manchester United man demonstrated that he is still in good shape by returning from knee surgery three weeks ahead of schedule to play in the 2-1 win at West Ham last Saturday. And he is set to play a significant part when Everton host Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday.
"The pleasing thing is that I have still got the hunger and desire to play on for two or three seasons," Neville told the Liverpool Echo on Friday. And Moyes reckons that the Everton captain could challenge his former United team-mate Ryan Giggs in the Premier League longevity stakes.
"I think he could, with the way he's looked after his body," Moyes said. "He's just returned from a knee injury, so we've got to make sure that's right. But I think overall, he's somebody who has conducted himself off the field to get that longevity.
"I think whatever happens, Phil could easily play on for two or three years, he's in really good condition."
Moyes is looking forward to renewing rivalries with former Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez, who will be in the opposing dug-out as Chelsea's interim manager.
"I think he always wanted to be back in the Premier League," Moyes said. "He enjoyed his stint here. I think, like a lot of people who come into the country, he enjoyed the honesty, and the way the Premier League is played. He's bided his time, Rafa, to get another job. Good on him, he's at a very good club."
Moyes, meanwhile, dismissed a report in Friday's Independent newspaper, which stated that Chelsea were considering a move for left-back Leighton Baines.
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Flax Day 0 Stem cell Therapy
Stem Cell therapy on 20 yr old arthritic Rodeo horse both knees have dramatic bony changes and this was a little boys best mount. The parents were in hopes to provide the team with at least one more season before a forced retirement. The followup range of motion comparisons are also here for your viewing.From:WichitaEquineViews:8 0ratingsTime:00:00More inScience Technology
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Importance of stem cell therapy
For more information, log on to- shomusbiology.weebly.com Download the study materials here- shomusbiology.weebly.com The patents covering a lot of work on human embryonic stem cells are owned by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). WARF does not charge academics to study human stem cells but does charge commercial users. WARF sold Geron Corp. exclusive rights to work on human stem cells but later sued Geron Corp. to recover some of the previously sold rights. The two sides agreed that Geron Corp. would keep the rights to only three cell types. In 2001, WARF came under public pressure to widen access to human stem-cell technology.[70] A request for reviewing the WARF patents 5843780; 6200806; 7029913 US Patent and Trademark Office were filed by non-profit patent-watchdogs The Foundation for Taxpayer Consumer Rights, and the Public Patent Foundation as well as molecular biologist Jeanne Loring of the Burnham Institute. According to them, two of the patents granted to WARF are invalid because they cover a technique published in 1993 for which a patent had already been granted to an Australian researcher. Another part of the challenge states that these techniques, developed by James A. Thomson, are rendered obvious by a 1990 paper and two textbooks. Based on this challenge, patent 7029913 was rejected in 2010. The two remaining hES WARF patents are due to expire in 2015. The outcome of this legal challenge is particularly relevant to the Geron Corp. as it can ...From:Suman BhattacharjeeViews:2 0ratingsTime:04:15More inEducation
Stem Cell News in Malaysia 2012 | Malaysia Stem Cell News in 2012
stemcellmalaysia.com More and more stem cell news have hit the headlines in the media in recent years. The increase in activities surrounding stem cells comes from both the scientific as well as the commercial scene. This video summarizes some of the major stem cell news in Malaysia in 2012. For more information on stem cells or stem cell therapy, please visit Stem Cell Malaysia at stemcellmalaysia.comFrom:stemcells2012Views:135 5ratingsTime:08:03More inScience Technology
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World Stem Cells Clinic's newly constructed state-of-the art laboratory at the Tulum Trade Center in Cancun. World Stem Cells Clinic's research, protocols and team approach, maximizes patient's benefits from stem cell treatments.
(PRWEB) December 27, 2012
World Stem Cells Clinic's research has developed the best protocols to maximize patients benefit from stem cell treatments, operating under the stringent guidelines as established by The International Cellular Medical Society (ICMS) and the US Federal Drug Administrations Good Tissue Practice (cGTP) regulations for pharmaceutical, biologics and clinical laboratories. World Stem Cells Clinic's strict adherence to these established guidelines and policies guarantees the highest quality of clinical care and stem cell treatment safety for you. The patients are enrolled in a United States open registry to track their changes independently, for up to 20 years.
The staff physicians at World Stem Cells Clinic are all board certified, in their field with years of experience. Dr. Sylvia Abblitt is a Board Certified Hematologist & Oncologist, her practice began in 1984 and is a member of the ICMS ( International Cellular Medical Society), with 20+ years in treating multiple types of diseases with stem cells. Dr. Alan Kadish both Allopathic and Naturopathic with 26 years as a primary care provider and has been an active participant in the Defeat Autism Now movement since the 1990's. Dr. Alan Kadish Continues yearly education, far exceeding the licensure requirements. Dr. Ceballos with 17+ years and receiving the Robins award in 1996 during his residency, then doing his internship, in pediatrics, at the General Hospital in Chetumal. Dr. Ceballos is looking forward to the potentials of the disease modification available through the use of stem cell therapy and participating in our research with his firm background in mathematics and statistics bringing a well rounded approach to disease evaluation to World Stem Cells Clinic's team. Established and knowledgeable the combined expertise of World Stem Cells Clinic's multiple specialists, allows for unique insights and protocol designs.
World Stem Cells Clinic treatment approach includes stimulation, prior to collection, processing and expansion of the cell along with the use of growth factors, together with an integrated medical approach. This maximizes the growth and implantation potentials yielding optimized potentials of making changes in your disease.
World Stem Cells Clinic does not perform one or two day treatments as it would not be medically sound and could not provide the benefits or safety that World Stem Cells Clinic treatment schedule gives (please do not be fooled). The patient's stem cell treatment at World Stem Cells Clinic takes 5 days to complete as their treatments are comprehensive and designed to maximize the benefits and safety derived from the process.
World Stem Cells, LLC efforts is making positive changes in their patients and family's lives and it is hoped that their research, team approach and the individual designed treatment protocols will continue to make a difference in the lives of their patients and their families.
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