Dr. Karim C. El Kasm, assistant professor of pediatrics, and Dr. Ronald Sokol, professor of pediatrics, are authors of an article in the April 2018 Nature Communications that sheds light on the underlying cause of intestinal failure-associated liver disease and suggests new therapeutic approaches. Research by physician-scientists at the University of Colorado[Read More…]
Science News
Researchers turn food waste into fertilisers
The research team has invented an anaerobic digester system that recycles food scraps to produce electrical energy and heat. Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS), in collaboration with scientists from Shanghai Jiao Tong Univeristy, have developed a method to convert food waste into energy and fertilizer. In Singapore,[Read More…]
Drinking affects mouth bacteria linked to diseases
Possible explanations for drinking-related microbiome imbalances, Ahn says, could be that acids in alcoholic beverages make the oral environment hostile for certain bacteria to grow. Singapore – When compared with nondrinkers, men and women who had one or more alcoholic drinks per day had an overabundance of oral bacteria linked[Read More…]
US scientists develop a smartphone app to prevent food poisoning
The UMass scientists say several food processing companies have contacted them since the research went public last month. But they’re still several years away from market. In order to make it a lot easier to avoid food poisoning, food scientists at the University of Massachussetts Amherst have come up with[Read More…]
Researchers in Karachi develop a device to study malnutrition
Shaped like a transparent pill, the ingestible device contains a high-resolution infrared system that captures microscopic images of unusual tissue patterns in the stomach and intestine. A group of researchers at Aga Khan University in Karachi has partnered with faculty at the Massachusetts General Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical[Read More…]
Scientists in US develop tool to detect food contamination
The team has designed a sensitive and reliable bacteria-detecting chip that can test whether fresh spinach or apple juice, for example, carry a bacterial load. Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a new, rapid and low-cost method for detecting bacteria in water or a food sample. Once commercially[Read More…]
Researchers in Singapore use broccoli for beating bowel cancer
The team has developed a probiotic using a genetically engineered version of E. coli Nissle, a harmless Gram-negative strain of bacteria found in the gut. Researchers at National University of Singapore (NUS) have turned a humble cocktail of bacteria and vegetables into a targeted system that seeks out and kills colorectal[Read More…]
German scientists link fast food with immune system activity
The researchers noted that the body responds aggressively to bacterial infections and acts in a similar manner with fast food consumption. A group of scientists from the University of Bonn have observed that the immune system reacts to fast foods containing excess salt and calories. The researchers noted that the[Read More…]
US researchers discover a drug for shrinking fat
The drug significantly reduces body weight and blood cholesterol levels without lowering food intake in obese mice. A group of researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have discovered a promising developing drug that has been shown to selectively shrink excess fat by increasing fat cell metabolism. [Read More…]
Food scientists create new bacon variety
Food scientists have successfully created a new type of bacon that has a reduced cancer risk. In collaboration with Spanish chemists, British food manufacturers Finnebrogue claim to have produced the world’s first bacon that does not include nitrites from vegetables or curing agents. The reason nitrites are usually added to[Read More…]
