By Mark Waghorn via SWNS Milk may hold the key to beating brain cancer, according to new research. It can deliver gene silencing drugs that shrink deadly tumors. The white stuff contains chemicals that can carry siRNA’s (small interfering RNAs) that prevent manufacture of proteins that fuel the growths. Currently, the dairy food’s nanoparticles are being cultured...
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Nebraska-led project examines milk as possible cancer fighter
by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Janos Zempleni, professor of nutrition and Health sciences, and colleagues are pursuing a way to use milk to deliver cancer-fighters to the brain. The project recently received $630,00 in support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Credit: University Communication, University of Nebraska-Lincoln In health care, perhaps no word sends a more...
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Milk may exacerbate MS symptoms
by University of Bonn In healthy mice, the insulating myelin (black) fits snugly as a compact layer around the nerve fibers, the axons. Credit: Group Kürten/University of Bonn Multiple sclerosis sufferers often complain of more severe disease symptoms after consuming dairy products. Researchers at the Universities of Bonn and Erlangen-Nuremberg have now found a possible...
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Fighting COVID-19 with milk?
by Elsevier Infected cells shown in magenta. Credit: Jonathan Z. Sexton As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim lives around the world, dairy scientists may have a surprising role to play. In a new report published in the Journal of Dairy Science, scientists from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI, USA) and Glanbia PLC Research...
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No link between milk and increased cholesterol according to new study of 2 million people
by University of Reading Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Regular consumption of milk is not associated with increased levels of cholesterol, according to new research. A study published in the International Journal of Obesity looked at three large population studies and found that people who regularly drank high amounts of milk had lower levels of both good...
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Afraid of aging too quickly? Don’t drink fat milk
Milk is among those product that we would find in most shopping baskets in most stores at any time. People drink it straight and use it for cooking. But which one is better – whole, low fat or nonfat? Which one will help you live longer? Biological age is a concept, which allows calculating someone’s...