Nuisance Seaweed Found To Produce Compounds With Biomedical Potential

Source: Medical News Today

Main Category: Biology / Biochemistry Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 28 May 2012 - 0:00 PDT Scripps-led analysis of tiny marine organisms indicates early promise in areas ranging from inflammation to skin condi ...
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Mid-South spellers prepare to compete with 276 in Scripps bee

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal

WASHINGTON -- The Mississippi Delta boy in the Superman sweatshirt may be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but admits being "very" nervous as he contemplates taking on 277 competitors in the Scripps National Spelling ...
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Science Notes / Chemistry, oceanography

Source: Buffalo News

Venom’s healing powers –New Scientist Living under the sea Recently, drug developers have been looking for relief in an unlikely place: poisonous bites and stings. In “Drugs With Bite,” available online at New Scientist ( www.n ...
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Scholarships for Staten Island women of Italian culture

Source: SILive.com

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Italian-American Women of Staten Island will hold its annual scholarship dinner Monday, June 4, at 6:30 p.m. at Da Noi Restaurant, Grasmere. Tickets are $45 for members; $50 for non-memb ...
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Scripps study finds seaweed benefit

Source: Sacramento Bee

California researchers have discovered that there may be a silver lining to an invasive and toxic seaweed that is killing some of Hawaii's coral reefs: It seems the seaweed contains compounds that could ...
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Seaweed ''could help beat arthritis''

Source: MSN India

London, May 27 (PTI) Seaweed could help beat arthritis, thanks to its potent anti-inflammatory effect, says a study. Researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California claim to have found ...
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Steve Scheiblauer: Overfishing not to blame for 'wetfish' declines

Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel

More than 150 years ago, immigrant Chinese fishermen launched sampans into the chilly waters of Monterey Bay to capture squid. The bay also lured fishermen from Sicily and other Mediterranean countries, who brought round-haul nets to fish ...
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Celebration set for Monday: Eagles are golden at Troop 125

Source: WiltonBulletin.com

The flock of Eagles in Wilton's Boy Scout Troop 125 has turned golden, with the addition of their 100th and 101st Eagle Scouts, as Yuvi Singh and Michael Bishop recently achieved scouting's highest rank. To mark the milestone, the troop will celeb ...
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Hawaiian seaweed could combat arthritis

Source: Belfast Telegraph

Researchers investigating underwater ‘nuisance’ seaweed that is attacking and even bleaching Hawaiian coral reefs have found chemicals in the plant that could, when refined, beat arthritis. The marine plant was found to c ...
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