Why Should You Breastfeed? Sep 3, 2008
Homozygous galactosemia: This genetic disorder prevents the complete breakdown of lactose (milk sugar); increasing levels of galactose lead to cirrhosis, kidney failure, and brain damage. Affected infants (about 1 in 50,000) must be fed a soy-based formula. (Suite101.com)
The Comedy of Global Warming Apr 9, 2008
Wrote Peden "Dr. William F. Green, Senior Project Chemist and a member of the Australian Academy of Sciences, revealed the results of an 8-year study on dental health associated with high natural fruit consumption in children at the annual meeting of the Australian Dental Association in Sydney on March 13, 2008. The problem, says Green, is that the increasing world temperatures have significantly changed the ratio between two types of sugar associated with common fruits: Fructose and Galactose.... (Newsmax)
Cetuximab-Induced Anaphylaxis and IgE Specific for Galactose-α-1,3-Galactose Mar 15, 2008
NEJM -- Cetuximab-Induced Anaphylaxis and IgE Specific for Galactose-{alpha}-1,3-Galactose ... Cetuximab-Induced Anaphylaxis and IgE Specific for Galactose ... The IgE antibodies were shown to be specific for an oligosaccharide, galactose. (New England Journal of Medicine)
New Cranberry Hybrid High In Antioxidants Jan 8, 2008
But the anthocyanins found in the American cranberry are bound mainly to other, less-absorbable sugars, namely galactose and arabinose. Generally, less than 5 percent of the anthocyanins in the typical cranberry are glucose linked, according to plant pathologist James J. Polashock with the ARS Fruit Laboratory. (Science Daily)
Probiotics May Protect Infants From Eczema Oct 18, 2007
The oligosaccharides used in the studies were a combination of galactose oligosaccharide and fructose oligosaccharide, said Sinn. In the studies that analyzed allergy as an outcome, the Galactose oligosaccharide was made from lactose and the Fructose oligosaccharide was made from chicory root [an herb], all of which are natural substances. (Newsmax)
Synthetic memory in eukaryotes? Sep 21, 2007
The researchers used a mathematical model to design a genetic switch, triggered by the small sugar molecule, galactose, that maintains steady production of proteins even after the galactose is removed ... "Because we had this model, we could ask, what do we have to change it make it work? We figured out what that was, we did it, and the system worked." The device operated as a closed loop inside a yeast cell, desgined to start running only in the presence of a particular stimulus, in this case... (The Scientist)
Synthetic Genes Give Cells Something to Remember Sep 20, 2007
In a nutshell, the researchers set up a system in which the yeast cell would activate the first of the implanted genes and its corresponding transcription factor (tasked with switching on the second gene) when exposed to the sugar galactose ... Because of the looping effect that the second transcription factor had on its own gene, the second transcription factor continued to be manufactured even when galactose was eliminated from the cells' environment (thus shutting off the activity of the... (Scientific American)
Synthetic Biology Sep 18, 2007
The first TF gene was engineered to respond to galactose, a kind of sugar molecule, by producing a TF protein (TF1) that could bind to a second TF gene, which in turn would produce a second TF protein (TF2) ... When engineered yeast cells were exposed to galactose, the first gene switched on and the cells produced the TF1 protein ... The scientists then took the galactose away and the first gene turned off. (Suite101.com)
Mother's Milk A Gift That Keeps On Giving Sep 16, 2007
Other risks identified by the authors include an insufficient transfer of breast milk, leading to dehydration and growth failure in the infant; certain vitamin deficiencies such as Vitamin D in human milk; the possibility that allergens consumed by the mother and passed to the nursing infant could cause adverse reactions; the transmission of a serious infection during breastfeeding; the exposure of an infant to certain toxic medications that are excreted in human milk; and rare genetic defects... (Science Daily)
Does eating ice cream prevent infertility in women? Mar 3, 2007
Early studies have already raised concern over high consumption of milk because lactose is digested into glucose and galactose, the latter clinically and experimentally appears toxic to ovarian germ cells. One study published in the Feb. 1994 issue of American Journal of Epidemiology (AJE) found fertility declined faster with aging in women who had higher consumption of milk and greater capability of digesting lactose. (Food Consumer)
Healing properties of natural sugars Feb 12, 2007
The remaining seven essential sugars are fucose (please note not fructose), galactose, N-acetylgalactosamine, N-acetylglucosamine, N-acetylneuraminic acid, mannose and xylose. These are scarce in our diet. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
After Insects Attack, Plants Bunker Sugars For Later Regrowth Sep 8, 2006
GAL83 is not unknown in the animal kingdom and in microorganisms: it is the beta-subunit of a protein complex (SNF1 related kinases), which regulates the use of glucose or galactose in mammals and yeast - especially during times of energy deficiency. SNF1 kinases function as posttranslational modificators and can up- or downregulate the activity of metabolic enzymes by means of phosphorylation. (Science Daily)
More States Screening Newborns for Diseases Jul 12, 2006
Some examples of the disorders include sickle cell anemia, galactosemia and PKU. ... Galactosemia is a disorder in which the body can't digest galactose, a sugar present in milk. (Forbes)
