This week's issue of Nature features the draft genome of the transgenic 'SunUp' Papaya, the first commercial virus-resistant transgenic fruit tree to be sequenced. From Nature News: The...
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A recently published study (pdf file) indicates that tagatose, a type of natural sugar already approved by the U.S. FDA as a low-calorie sweetener, may be an effective drug for the treatment of Type 2...
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Yet another study involving the medical utility of Pycnogenol indicates that the pine bark extract can reduce all osteoarthritis symptoms by 56 percent. The study revealed a particularly high efficacy...
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© mattdente To facilitate the conversion of cellulose from corn into ethanol, scientists have created a new genetically modified variety of corn, called Spartan Corn III, which bears a gene from a...
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In a mice study, caffeine has been found to prevent multiple sclerosis-like disease. © Kanko* Such were the findings of researchers at Cornell University: Mice given caffeine equivalent to a human...
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© mckaysavage Green tea consumption has been found to increase the efficacy of antibiotics by up to three times. "In every single case green tea enhanced the bacteria-killing activity of the...
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A paper published in the January-February 2008 issue of Agronomy Journal explores the profitability of transgenic cotton cultivars with pest-managing traits. Field experiments were conducted to...
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The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) has released a preliminary assembly and annotation of the soybean genome to the greater scientific community to enable bioenergy...
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Recent data indicates that while fish oil supplements may be beneficial to some patients with cardiovascular disease, they may have adverse effect on other cardiac patients. "Fish oils can have...
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences researchers are seeking participants in a clinical study designed to determine whether nutritional supplements...
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Slovenian firm Vitiva is launching Aquarox 10, a rosemary-derived natural preservative, to extend the shelf-life of prawns. "We have tested Aquarox on prawns sold in vacuum packs and in brine...
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The Global Institute for Bio-Exploration, GIBEX, a joint initiative of the University of Illinois and Rutgers University, The Global Institute for Bio-Exploration, a joint initiative of the...
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Did you know that, like moths, spiders butterflies and silkworms, bees also produce silk? Those are the latest findings reported recently in Molecular Biology and Evolution, which discusses the...
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An animal study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Online Early Edition suggests that nitrite, a compound naturally found in green leafy vegetables, and nitrate, a...
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In a study published in the Journal of Bacteriology, scientists have identfieid a gene in the bacterium Erwinia carotovora, that influences its ability to infect and damage crops. E. carotovora causes...
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In a study published recently in the Journal of General Virology, scientists have identified a set of multiple genes in brassicas - broccoli, cabbage, oilseed rape, and the like- that confer...
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In a study published in the Journal Planta Medica, researchers report of a novel compound called Picroliv obtained from the roots of a plant Picrorhiza kurrooa which enhances the rate of wound...
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Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center researchers are conducting the first-ever clinical study to evaluate the potential cardiovascular health benefits of muscadine grape seeds. Muscadine is a...
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In the Journal of Inflammation, scientists report that Progrado®, an extract from a rainforest tree called Croton palanostigma, had remarkably potent antioxidant properties and prevented the...
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At a recent meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in Washington DC, researchers report that the use of a supplement called dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) boosted the egg production...
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