Metabolism

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11/22/2008
Irwin C. Gunsalus, Vitamin Biochemist, Dies at 96 (New York Times)
Dr. Gunsalus discovered lipoic acid, which has been used as a treatment for chronic liver disease, and one of the active forms of vitamin B6, essential in the metabolism.
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11/22/2008
Hypothermia can be a concern for many in the winter (WVVA Bluefield)
It's no secret that regular exercise can strengthen your immune system and increase your metabolism. However, there is one winter ailment that can affect people of all physical health levels -hypothermia. Infants,
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11/23/2008
Mother-daughter workout available (Ventura County Star)
Mother Daughter Body Transformation Boot Camp, a six-week exercise program, will begin Dec. 6 at the Rancho Tapo Community Park, 3700 Avenida Simi.
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11/23/2008
Battle of the bulging stomach: Eating healthy during the holidays (Copperfield Sun)
Thanksgiving Day marks the beginning of eating season, a time of year when the gluttony monster takes over the taste buds and going for seconds and thirds is nearly impossible to resist.
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11/23/2008
Of the Outdoors: Tips To Help You Catch Late Season Walleyes (Yankton Press & Dakotan)
Today, as I look out my office window, it’s hard to believe that it’s the first part of November as it’s a beautiful sunny day with temperatures in the 70’s.
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11/23/2008
Lactic Acid Found To Fuel Tumors (Science Daily)
A team of researchers has found that lactic acid is an important energy source for tumor cells. In further experiments, they discovered a new way to destroy the most hard-to-kill, dangerous tumor cells by preventing them from delivering lactic acid.
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11/23/2008
Area Snapshots (The Montana Standard)
Heather Ryan returns to Butte Butte native Heather Ryan has joined Anderson ZurMuehlen in the Assurance and Business Advisory Department.
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11/23/2008
Irritable, tired, low sex drive? You could be one of the 840,000 males hitting the MANOPAUSE (Daily Mail)
One in five males over 65 may be suffering from the 'male menopause'. So why is the medical profession so reluctant to diagnose it?
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11/23/2008
Camp Out In Active Areas While Fish Are In Transition (Highlands Today)
We enter the week of this month's new moon, which happens on Thursday at 4:55 p.m. and means good news for the early morning anglers.
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11/23/2008
Man fights diabetes to keep rest of body (The Galesburg Register-Mail)
Mike Keith was in bed Thursday morning, partially covered by a blue blanket as he watched an episode of “Nash Bridges” on WGN America.
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  • Atomic Reconstruction of Metabolism - Database of metabolite structures and related enzyme reactions. Requires Java.
  • BioCarta: Signaling Pathways - Research-oriented biotech company; website offers illustrations and charts of pathways in metabolism, signal transduction, and immunology.
  • Citric Acid Cycle - Diagram of steps in Krebs' tricarboxylic acid cycle, with 3D presentation dependent on Chime plug-in, from student at University of North Texas.
  • Cytochrome P450 Reductase - Overview of the biology, enzymology, and structure of cytochrome P450 reductase, an unusual electron transfer flavoprotein.
  • EcoCyc Encyclopedia - Database that describes the genome and the biochemical machinery of E. coli, maintained by SRI International, Menlo Park, CA.
  • General Overview of the Major Metabolic Pathways - A survey of human metabolism, written for undergraduates in the Health Sciences from a chemist's point of view. Includes profile of author at University of Oporto, Portugal.
  • Laboratory Research Projects - Studies on squalene monooxygenase dependent cholesterol biosynthesis, and the role of cytochrome P450 reductase as the electron transfer partner, by Todd D. Porter's group at the College of Pharmacy, Lexington, Kentucky.
  • LFT Metabolite Database - Searches on metabolites from carbohydrate, amino acid, fatty acid, nucleotide or other biochemical metabolism, including descriptions of the chemistry and function of biochemicals.
  • Liver metabolism - Flow chart of liver metabolism. Mousing over the chart will display explanations of pathways and enzyme reaction in pop-up windows (requires JavaScript).
  • Metabolic Pathways of Biochemistry - Graphical representation of metabolic pathways that are crucial to human metabolism, including 3D depictions from the George Washington University, Washington, DC.
  • Metabolism Course Notes - Text and illustrations on human metabolism. Covers pathways, hormonal regulation, and some discussion of medical correlations such as diabetes and favism.
  • Metabolism Foundation - Non-profit organization dedicated to the study of plant anatomy and physiology, established by Dr. Jim Bidlack, Edmond, Oklahoma.
  • Metabolon, Inc. - A company that intends to use metabolic profiling ('metabolomics') for the discovery and development of drugs and diagnostic markers.
  • MetaCyc - Metabolic Encyclopedia - Description of over 450 metabolic pathways and their associated enzymes, from over 150 organisms maintained by SRI International, Menlo Park, CA.
  • National Centre for Plant and Microbial Metabolomics - Projects and protocols, including NMR database development within the Crop Performance and Improvement Division at Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, England.
  • Proteolysis for Fun and Profit - Protein degradation resource.
  • Ruiz, Felix A. - Interests in the roles of polyphosphate in human cells and tissues, with citation linking to NLM, by assistant professor at University of Cadiz, Spain.
  • Metabolomics Society - Details of membership, sponsor links and news of the second meeting, for six days in Boston, Massachusetts. (June 24, 2006)
  • IBC: Targeting Metabolic Syndrome - Forum to discuss scientific advances in the study of the interrelated risk factors, and developments in the therapeutic targets being explored in this field. Meeting to be held for three days in Boston, Massachusetts. (March 27, 2006)
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