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...said that even grille devotees can follow an Atkins-type diet by requesting their protein without...
...biotechnology research company Genentech, Inc. began testing Avastin in September 2003. Avastin is a genetically-engineered protein that binds to and neutralizes vascular endothelial growth factor, a protein that spurs the growth of blood vessels surrounding a cancerous tumor...
...They're like the Taliban. They're the vegetarian Taliban." VERONICA ATKINS, widow of high-protein-diet doctor Robert Atkins, after a pro-vegetarian physicians' group obtained her late husband's medical records and released them to the press...
...test his hunch, Ridker needed a simple blood test that could serve as a marker for chronic inflammation. He settled on Creactive protein (CRP), a molecule produced by the liver in response to an inflammatory signal. During an acute illness, like a severe bacterial infection, levels of CRP quickly shoot from less than 10 mg/L to 1,000 mg/L or more. But Ridker was more interested in the low levels of CRP - less than 10 mg/L - that he found in otherwise healthy people and that indicated only a slightly elevated inflammation level. Indeed, the difference between normal and elevated...
...heartburn, which continually bathes the lining of the esophagus with stomach acid, predisposing a person to esophageal cancer. Other times, it's less clear. Scientists are exploring the role of an enzyme called cyclo-oxygenase 2 (COX-2) in the development of colon cancer. COX-2 is yet another protein produced by the body during inflammation...