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Released: 26-Mar-2015 5:05 PM EDT
Garlic Found to Protect Brain Against Disease, Aging
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A team of University of Missouri researchers has discovered that another nutrient in garlic offers the brain protection against aging and disease. The finding provides more understanding of how garlic may prevent age-related neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

Released: 27-Jan-2015 5:05 PM EST
MU Researchers Develop Preservation Method for Donor Tissue
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Currently, doctors have to throw away more than 80 percent of donated tissue used for joint replacements because the tissue does not survive long enough to be transplanted. Now, following a recent study, University of Missouri School of Medicine researchers have developed a new technology that more than doubles the life of the tissue. This new technology was able to preserve tissue quality at the required level in all of the donated tissues studied, the researchers found.

Released: 10-Dec-2014 5:05 PM EST
MU Researchers Find Alcohol Interferes with the Body's Ability to Regulate Sleep
University of Missouri Health

Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine have found that drinking alcohol to fall asleep interferes with sleep homeostasis, the body’s sleep-regulating mechanism.

Released: 1-Dec-2014 5:05 PM EST
MU Researchers Identify Epigenetic Changes Caused by Binge Drinking
University of Missouri Health

Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine have identified epigenetic protein changes caused by binge drinking, a discovery that could lead to treatments for alcohol-related liver diseases.


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