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Stem cells from plants are becoming an increasingly popular way to turn the clock backward on skin aging. Hylunia's own light and silky Moisure Infusion contains plant stem cells and peptides that are thought to delay aging, making skin look softer smoother and younger.

Plant stem cells like the ones found in grapes are undifferentiated cells from the meristems of plants. Like human stem cells, they can replace damaged cells and renew themselves. Plant stem cells are cultured in labs, allowing scientists to have more control over the quality, quantity and purity of a plant's anti-aging substance.

Skin care stem cells are extracted from various plants, including tiny white Edelweiss flowers, a swamp plant called gotu kola, swiss apples, and raspberry cell cultures. Lilac and algae may also be used. Most of these products contain antioxidants and other chemicals that make skin look younger.

Hylunia's unique product features grape stem cells cultivated from the Gamay Teinturier Fraux grape from Burgundy, France. Their ingredient list explains that these grapes are "high in powerful antioxidants and [have] free radical scavenging capabilities."

The site adds that "The Grape Stem Cells contain special epigenetic factors and metabolites which are able to protect human stem cells against UV radiation and therefore delay aging." UV damage is responsible for up to 80% of skin aging.

Hylunia Moisture Infusion also contains peptides, which can boost collagen and block the neurotransmitters that contract the muscles that form wrinkles. They stimulate epidermal skin cells and increase skin healing and repair.

Hyluna's product contains Palmitoyl Trypeptide-5 (patented), which stimulates collagen synthesis to "strengthen skin and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles."

Hylunia is currently putting together a webinar about plant peptides for their professional customers like spa and salon owners. The webinar will be available soon.

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Michael Scott, a ViaCyte vice president, holds the VC-01 device that holds progenitor cells that will mature to make insulin and other hormones.

More than ever before, stem cell therapies appear poised to transform medicine potentially curing heart disease, diabetes and paralyzing injuries, among other ailments.

But its also clear that such innovations will be very expensive.

How the government, insurers and patients will pay for what could be a flood of these new treatments drew the attention of more than 700 biomedical and health-care executives Tuesday at the 2014 Stem Cell Meeting on the Mesa.

The annual conference, held on La Jolla's Torrey Pines Mesa, will run through Thursday. It brings together the business and academic worlds of cell therapy, including but not limited to stem cell treatments.

In California alone, 131 clinical trials are taking place with stem cells, according to Clinicaltrials.gov, a government website that tracks clinical trials. Patients are being treated for conditions such as blindness from retinal diseases, HIV, leukemia, sickle cell disease, stroke and aging of skin.

The recent proliferation of clinical trials marks great progress toward the ultimate goal of getting new treatments to patients, said stem cell researcher Jeanne Loring, who directs the Center for Regenerative Medicine at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla.

Its been a sea change from last year, said Loring, who is working with some colleagues in planning their own stem cell trial to treat Parkinsons disease.

Theyre developing replacement neurons grown from artificial embryonic stem cells called induced pluripotent stem cells. The process begins with cells derived from the skin of patients to be treated.

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Newswise Its like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Scientists searching for the gene or gene combination that affects even one plant or animal characteristic must sort through massive amounts of data, according to associate professor Xijin Ge of the mathematics and statistics department at South Dakota State University.

Biologists used to study one gene at time, but now they can look at tens of thousands of genes at once. Ge said. Just one experiment to analyze gene expression can produce one terabyte of sequence data. Thats a little beyond many biologists' comfort zone.

He leads the bioinformatics research group, which provides the expertise that SDSU plant and animal scientists need to uncover how genes and proteins affect cell functions.

Setting up the experiments Typically, scientists consult with Ge when planning their studies. After examining what they want to investigate, the researchers decide which techniques should be used to obtain data and a plan to analyze the data.

Its critical to have the statistician and biologist working together, noted plant science professor Fedora Sutton, who worked with Ge on identifying gene interactions that account for freeze resistance in winter wheat. He is able to say, based on statistical rules and regulations, this is where this has to be.

Using the same technique on one sample is not enough, Sutton pointed out. Multiple samples must be grown under the same conditions and then analyzed to have biological replicates. Ge explained that experiments must be designed to gather biological rather than technical replicates.

Once the technique to gather data is chosen and a plan of data analyses is created, Ge said, we can figure out how many replicates are needed.

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New Rochelle, NY, October 7, 2014Low sexual desire is common among both pre- and post-menopausal women. It can cause personal distress, harm relationships, and have a negative impact on body image and self confidence. Yet few women seek medical care for this condition, and the reasons are explored in a timely article in Journal of Women's Health, a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available free on the Journal of Women's Health website at http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/jwh.2014.4743 until November 7, 2014.

In the article "Attitudinal Survey of Women Living with Low Sexual Desire," Sheryl A. Kingsberg, PhD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (Cleveland, OH), presents the results of a survey of women's attitudes toward low sexual desire and their awareness of its treatability as a medical condition. Dr. Kingsberg found that more than one-quarter of premenopausal and one-third of post-menopausal women were very dissatisfied with their current level of sexual desire. Most had not discussed their low sexual desire with their health care providers because they felt uncomfortable or embarrassed or were not aware that it is a treatable condition.

"Given the prevalence of low sexual desire in women and the important role that sexual function plays in women's lives, healthcare providers should recognize female sexual function as an integral part of health and well-being," says Susan G. Kornstein, MD, Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Women's Health, Executive Director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for Women's Health, Richmond, VA, and President of the Academy of Women's Health.

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As Breast Cancer Awareness month continues, Dr. Bhuma Krishnamachari, an epidemiologist and genetics expert at NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, is available to talk about the changing landscape of genetic tests and what it means for patients and doctors.

Genetic testing has changed from a single gene approach to a multiple gene approach, says Krishnamachari, who specializes in hereditary cancers.

Yet, doctors may not understand the clinical significance of the gene mutations found in these more comprehensive tests.

With more information comes more questions, says Krishnamachari.

For patients, Krishnamachari offers several tips to navigate the often confusing world of genetic tests.

Its important to find a doctor who is well-versed in hereditary factors and who involves many disciplines in patient care because the complexity of testing has increased, she says. Were moving toward more individualized treatments so the team should include genetic counselors, surgeons, oncologists, and primary care physicians.

Krishnamachi recently led NYIT research teams that published three separate studies on the need for physicians to learn more about genetic testing so they can help patients who may have a high risk of developing breast, ovarian, and colorectal cancers.

Physicians, she says, should be aware of the limitations that occurred in past, less comprehensive tests their patients may have had. Ethnicity-specific differences for mutations measured in BRCA tests, for example, must be understood since some patients may be at higher risk for certain cancers.

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If your favorite order at Starbucks is the red-eye, you can thank genetics for your ability to slog down all that caffeine without the shakes.

In a new study, scientists identified eight genetic variants that could partly explain why some people drink coffee by the pot, while others avoid the stimulating beverage altogether. By outlining the genetic foundation for coffee consumption, scientists believe they can find firmer evidence to support the positive and negative health effects of the popular beverage.

Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham and Womens Hospital investigated the genomes of 120,000 European and African American coffee drinkers along with data on how many cups a day they consumed, using findings from dozens of previous studies. Their statistical analysis revealed six new gene variants that governed coffee consumption, and reaffirmed the presence of two others previously discovered by the same group of researchers.

The team identified variants in or near genes that play roles in learning, caffeine metabolism, blood pressure regulation and addiction. Two newly discovered variants, near the genes BDNF and SLC6A4, reinforce the positive effects of coffees molecular properties. For example, BDNF is involved in the release of pleasure-inducing neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine.

Researchers published their findings Tuesday in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.

Participants in the study that inherited five or six of the gene variations were more likely to be heavy coffee drinkers four or more cups a day than those who inherited just one or two, the Boston Globe reports. People with more coffee gene variants may drink more because they metabolize it quickly; thus, they enjoy coffees stimulating effects for a shorter period of time.

Some of the same gene variations seen in heavy coffee drinkers are risk factors for smoking initiation and obesity. Both obesity and smoking may be fueled by addiction, which could explain why some people cant stop at just one cup. Researchers plan to dig deeper into the genetics of coffee drinking to see how variants may be positively and negatively affecting coffee fanatics health.

In the debate about whether coffee is good or bad for your health, genetics could cut through the noise and someday offer more definitive answers.

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Beef and Lamb New Zealand Genetics will host a two-day forum for sheep breeders in Dunedin next week.

The entity was formed earlier this year, drawing together Sheep Improvement Ltd, the Beef and Lamb New Zealand central progeny test and Ovita, with added investment in beef genetics.

About 80 breeders would attend the forum, on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the intention was to provide ''genuine two-way communication'' between B+LNZ Genetics and breeders, general manager Graham Alder said.

''We value the opportunity to talk with breeders directly about where we see the organisation heading, and want their input to help guide future direction,'' he said.

The forum would highlight the B+LNZ Genetics programme, including DNA SNP chip genomic selection technologies, feed-efficient sheep and selecting for disease resistance.

It would also discuss the genetics for profitable sheep farming, given sheep were mainly being farmed in higher country, due to the growth of dairy farming.

The forum will also include an afternoon at AgResearch's Invermay research centre.

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WASHINGTON Its no secret that if your dad is tall and your mother is tall, you are probably going to be tall. But fully understanding the genetics of height has been a big order for scientists.

Researchers on Sunday unveiled what they called the biggest such study to date, analyzing genome data from more than a quarter million people to identify nearly 700 genetic variants and more than 400 genome regions linked to height.

How tall or short a person becomes is estimated to be 80 percent genetic, with nutrition and other environmental factors accounting for the rest. The worlds people on average have become taller over the past few generations because of factors including improved nutrition.

We study height for two main reasons, said Dr. Joel Hirschhorn, a geneticist and pediatric endocrinologist at Boston Childrens Hospital and the Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.

For over 100 years, its been a great model for studying the genetics of diseases like obesity, diabetes, asthma that are also caused by the combined influence of many genes acting together. So by understanding how the genetics of height works, we can understand how the genetics of human disease works, he said.

In addition, short stature in childhood is a major clinical issue for pediatric endocrinologists. Knowing genes and their variants that are important for height eventually may help doctors diagnose children who have a single major underlying cause for short stature, Hirschhorn added.

The international team of researchers analyzed data from the genomes of 253,288 people of European ancestry, all from Europe, North America and Australia. They perused about 2 million common genetic variants in these individuals and identified 697 gene variants in 424 gene regions as related to height.

Many genes pinpointed in the study, published in the journal Nature Genetics, are probably important regulators of skeletal growth, but were not previously known to be involved, the researchers said.

Some were related to collagen, a component of bone; a component of cartilage called chondroitin sulfate; and growth plates, the area of growing tissue near the ends of the bodys long bones.

The researchers said there is much more to learn.

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