Read more protein stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4868/protein.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:02:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68836/infections-quicken-memory-loss-in-alzheimers-patients.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUrinary tract, chest, and other infections may double the speed of memory loss among Alzheimer’s sufferers, researchers in Britain find. About half of subjects in a six-month study got infections outside the brain that prompted increased levels of an inflammatory protein; those who suffered such events, called SIEs, showed twice...http://www.newser.com/story/68836/infections-quicken-memory-loss-in-alzheimers-patients.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 10:22:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68792/one-serving-of-cotton-please-hold-the-poison.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have developed a novel genetic engineering technique that makes the protein-rich seeds of the cotton plant easily edible, Time reports. The entire plant, including the seeds, produces a toxic chemical called gossypol that protects it from insects and microbes. “People, pigs, chickens—none of us can stomach gossypol,” says...http://www.newser.com/story/68792/one-serving-of-cotton-please-hold-the-poison.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Sep 2009 15:36:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61269/rogue-protein-spread-key-to-alzheimers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA protein linked to Alzheimer’s can run amok in the brain, affecting healthy tissue, scientists have found. All nerve cells contain the tau protein, but a “rogue form” can lead to protein clumps in cells, called neurofibrillary tangles, that are believed to play a major role in Alzheimer’s disease, the...http://www.newser.com/story/61269/rogue-protein-spread-key-to-alzheimers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 8:29:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54071/peas-fight-kidney-disease-high-blood-pressure.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConcentrated doses of the proteins found in garden peas can help fight high blood pressure and chronic kidney disease, a study finds. “In people with high blood pressure, our protein could potentially delay or prevent the onset of kidney damage,” the study’s author tells the Telegraph . For patients with kidney...http://www.newser.com/story/54071/peas-fight-kidney-disease-high-blood-pressure.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Mar 2009 14:06:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50398/america-loves-her-creamiest-crop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag“What’s more sacred than peanut butter?” Sen. Tom Harkin asked last week while scolding the company responsible for the recent peanut-butter-driven salmonella outbreak. Brian Palmer takes a look at American's PB love affair in Slate, and finds that while peanuts have been eaten in the US for more than 250...http://www.newser.com/story/50398/america-loves-her-creamiest-crop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Feb 2009 13:28:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/36326/pesky-beetle-could-hold-cancer-key.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn insect that’s a scourge in Southern kitchens could help scientists develop drugs to treat human cancer, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. In studying the red flour beetle, scientists were able to decode an enzyme called telomerase, which triggers a cell's ability to multiply timelessly, playing an active role in 85%...http://www.newser.com/story/36326/pesky-beetle-could-hold-cancer-key.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Sep 2008 13:03:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3012/china-finds-fake-protein-in-iv-drips.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn yet another product-safety scandal, fake blood protein has been found in IV drips in 60 hospitals and pharmacies in northeastern China, the BBC reports. Albumin, or plasma protein, is administered to patients suffering from burns or undergoing open-heart surgery; the counterfeit contained no protein at all.http://www.newser.com/story/3012/china-finds-fake-protein-in-iv-drips.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 Jun 2007 6:19:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/2037/second-toxin-found-in-lethal-pet-food.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAdd cyanuric acid to the list of industrial chemicals found in the contaminated pet food that killed thousands of dogs and cats. Like melamine, it was used by Chinese animal feed producers to fake higher protein content in their wheat and rice products, the New York Times reports.http://www.newser.com/story/2037/second-toxin-found-in-lethal-pet-food.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 May 2007 7:19:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/1927/melamine-death-toll-passes-8000-pets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore than 8,000 deaths of cats and dogs that may be linked to melamine-tainted food have been reported to the FDA in the two months since the pet food recall. The statistics come as the FDA tries to assure Americans that the tainted protein concentrates, also fed to hogs...http://www.newser.com/story/1927/melamine-death-toll-passes-8000-pets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 May 2007 12:17:50 CDT