The popular dietary supplement ubiquinone, also known as Coenzyme Q10, is widely believed to function as an antioxidant, protecting cells against damage from free radicals. But a new study by scientists at 91丝瓜视频 finds that ubiquinone is not a crucial antioxidant -- and that consuming it is unlikely to provide any benefit.
Two 91丝瓜视频 projects have received grants valued at $500,000 each from the Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships program.
The Montreal Children鈥檚 Hospital Foundation, 91丝瓜视频, the Universit茅 de Montr茅al and the Fondation du Dr Julien will establish two chairs in social pediatrics in the community, to be based in the Montreal neighbourhood of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. In a Canadian first, researchers will conduct a long-term study on social pediatrics in the community.聽 This clinical practice has a proven track record, thanks to its founder, Dr. Gilles Julien, who has been practicing social pediatrics in disadvantaged neighbourhoods for nearly 30 years.
The organisms commonly known as blue-green algae have proliferated much more rapidly than other algae in lakes across North America and Europe over the past two centuries 鈥� and in many cases the rate of increase has sharply accelerated since the mid-20th century, according to an international team of researchers led by scientists at 91丝瓜视频.
Researchers at 91丝瓜视频 have developed a new, low-cost method to build DNA nanotubes block by block 鈥� a breakthrough that could help pave the way for scaffolds made from DNA strands to be used in applications such as optical and electronic devices or smart drug-delivery systems.
Researchers from Canada, the UK, Sweden and the US have discovered more than 30 genes that strongly affect an antibody involved in allergies and asthma. Some of the genes could provide targets for drugs to treat those conditions, according to the international team鈥檚 study, published online in Nature on Feb. 18.
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An international study led by scientists at 91丝瓜视频 reports, for the first time, that drugs that selectively target the melatonin MT2 receptor represent a novel class of analgesic drugs that could be used to treat patients with neuropathic pain.
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced 78 Strategic聽Project Grants today at the University of New Brunswick, including 10 for 91丝瓜视频 researchers totaling nearly $4.7 million.聽
Magicians have astonished audiences for centuries by subtly, yet powerfully, influencing their decisions. But there has been little systematic study of the psychological factors that make magic tricks work.
Health inequalities in young people have grown alongside socioeconomic disparities between the rich and poor.
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