Charity News from Thursday, Mar. 15, 2001

Want hearty but slimming meals? Guilt-free gumbos fill the bill
American Institute for Cancer Research | Nutritionists at the American Institute for Cancer Research have reformulated the traditional Louisiana gumbo to create a healthful dish full of disease-fighting substitutes. (For added thickening, include okra when cooking gumbo or serve ...

Worried Over Misinterpretations of Recent Studies, Cancer Researchers Come Together, Take Action
American Institute for Cancer Research | In an open letter to the public, 54 prominent cancer researchers cautioned Americans against making changes in their diets based on reports of recent diet-cancer studies. The open letter, signed by 54 experts across several fields of cancer ...

Scientists Report New Finding in Development of B Cells
National Cancer Institute | In the early 1990s, scientists reported that IL-10, a signaling protein excreted by activated immune cells, was essential for the maturation of B lymphocytes. The scientists found that all of the cell lines that expressed TIMP-1 also expressed IL...

Enzyme Involved in Cocaine Addiction Identified by Scientists at Yale and Rockefeller Universities
Yale School of Medicine | Researchers at Yale and Rockefeller Universities have found that an enzyme called Cdk5 regulates the action of dopamine, a chemical messenger associated with cocaine's "rush" and with addiction to cocaine and other drugs.

 

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