Milk protein comparison unveils nutritional gems for developing babies
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Davis, California - Human babies appear to need more of a nutritional boost from breast-milk proteins than do infants of one of their closest primate relatives, suggests a study comparing human milk with the milk of rhesus macaque monkeys.
Even at a molecular level, taking it slow helps us cope with stress
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Berkeley, California - UC Berkeley scientists have identified a new molecular pathway critical to aging, and confirmed that the process can be manipulated to help make old blood like new again.
Prices of cancer drugs have soared since 1995
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - The prices of leading cancer drugs have risen at rates far outstripping inflation over the last two decades, according to a new study co-authored by an MIT economist - but the exact reasons for the cost increases are unclear.
Cardiometabolic risk factors harden arteries early in Mexican-Americans
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Dallas, Texas - Cardiometabolic risk factors, such as high blood pressure and elevated blood sugar, appear to have a bigger effect than obesity on hardening arteries early among Mexican-Americans, according to research in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
HIV Not As Infectious Soon After Transmission As Thought
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Austin, Texas - People who recently have been infected with HIV may not be as highly infectious as previously believed, a finding that could improve global efforts to prevent HIV transmission and save lives. In particular, the finding bolsters the strategy of treating patients with antiretroviral drugs before the onset of AIDS to prevent transmission.
American Cancer Society CEO Applauds Global Fund to Fight Tobacco Industry
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Atlanta, Georgia - John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., CEO of the American Cancer Society, on the initiative by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to establish a global fund to fight tobacco:
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