Sentences with phrase «key culprits in»

The key culprits in last week's market action?

One of the key culprits in the formation of blood clots is an enzyme called thrombin.

Dick's pointed to sales of hunting gear such as rifles, which chief financial officer Lee Belitsky called «much worse than our expectations» on a conference call, and athletic apparel is key culprits in the shortfall.

Regardless of the mechanism, these findings also support the notion that the entirety of kids» 21st - century environment — not their self - control or reduced physical activity — is the key culprit in the rise in obesity.

Bapineuzumab is an antibody that targets β amyloid, a protein fragment that accumulates in the brains of Alzheimer's patients and is widely thought to be a key culprit in the disease process.

With collaborators in the biology department, Dr. Weiss applied these ultrasensitive techniques to investigate the Hedgehog signaling pathway — a critical mechanism that helps give rise to the spatial patterning in developing embryos, but has also been identified as a key culprit in up to 25 % of cancer deaths.

Southern Co is responsible for dumping over 145 million tons of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere each year, making it a key culprit in the global climate crisis.

In a study published today, Toshiaki Kawakami, M.D., Ph.D., and his research team provide information which supports — for the first time in humans — the long - held theory that mast cells are a key culprit in causing eczema, also known as atopic dermatitis.

«Importantly, this analysis helped us identify the protein fibrinogen as the key culprit in MS, by demonstrating how its entry into the brain through leaky blood vessels impacted the health of individual nerve cells.»

On that list is Vitamin E, a powerful antioxidant found in oils, nuts, seeds, whole grains and leafy green vegetables, which is associated with slower cognitive decline, a lower risk of dementia, and reduced accumulation of beta - amyloid proteins — a key culprit in Alzheimer's disease.

Too much sugar of any kind not only adds pounds, but is also a key culprit in diabetes, heart disease and stroke, according to the American Heart Association.

Not exact matches

What we are seeing over time is that through the diminished production of oxytocin in the birth process (the use of synthetic oxytocin, i.e. Pitocin is named the key culprit, though scheduled cesarean births and pseudo-natural birth environments are also big contributors), we are evolutionarily losing our ability to produce it.

This protein is part of the enzymatic engine that churns out amyloid beta — a key molecular culprit in Alzheimer's disease — by snipping it out of a larger precursor protein called APP.

Now, a new study by scientists in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital points to a potential culprit in this good - cell - gone - bad scenario, a key step toward the ultimate goal of developing a treatment.

«In most protein conformational disorders, there is a particular protein that is the key culprit,» said Dr. Buhimschi, who also is a tenured professor at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

Genes have always been eyed as a key culprit, and now, the most comprehensive genetic survey to date suggests that major cancer genes are more common in affected children than thought.

They also found that these culprit genes are involved in various key human neurological functions within the prefrontal cortex, including the transmission of the neurotransmitter GABA across a synapse from one neuron to another.

Scientists are claiming to have zeroed in on the culprit that makes losing weight difficult for obese people, identifying a protein that stops fat cells from burning energy which they say could become a key target in treating obesity and other metabolic conditions.

This trend may reflect recent research that has called into question the view that fat is the main culprit in weight gain, and instead points to processed carbohydrates as the key drivers, Gallup says.

The report went on the include an end section in which the sponsors published the comments from many of the survey respondents, and those comments reflect the sluggish adoption of ebooks across the board, pointing primarily at the discrepancies in pricing as the key culprit that prevents greater adoption.

He also failed to mention that board member Michael J. Boskin, who served as George W. Bush's chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, was one of the key culprits of that administration's consistent exaggeration of the uncertainties in climate science as a means for stymieing legislation that would curb carbon dioxide emissions.

In mid-afternoon on July 6, the culprit or an accomplice, undetected by Key Largos» staff, would have had to go upstairs to the private Key Largos office, locate the video recording device, and shut it down at 3:19 p.m.