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“It is believed that environmental and life-style factors, such as diet, plays a critical role in increasing human breast cancer risk, and so we use animal models to reveal the biological mechanisms responsible for the increase in risk in women and their female progeny,” researcher says
Archaeological study is the first to identify a spud-bearing species native to the southwestern United States, Solanum jamesii, as an important part of ancient human diets
Some plant species are able to remove soil contaminants and grow normally, but these are a small minority
Four strains of bacteria work together to produce pigment for food and cosmetics industry
Until now, little was known about the prevalence of food allergy in low socioeconomic ethnic minority populations
Understanding natural variation in these responses could have important agricultural applications in challenging environments.
System can verify pasteurization efficiency in short shelf life dairy products within just five minutes
Why this plant family has a unique way to make such an important chemical building block is a mystery that extends back to the 1960s
UMass Amherst study shows modest but significant lower risk.
A team of chemical and biomolecular engineers at the University of Notre Dame designed nanoparticles that mimic natural allergens by displaying each allergic component one at a time on their surfaces
In essence, that is what a team of Vanderbilt University engineers are proposing in an effort to improve the reliability of the sophisticated “GPS” system that surgeons use for these delicate operations
