Food
Resistant Starches Can Protect Against Cancer
February 20, 2013 11:35 am | News | CommentsA new study shows that resistant starch helps the body resist colorectal cancer through mechanisms including killing pre-cancerous cells and reducing inflammation that can otherwise promote cancer.
Critics in court to seek delay of NYC soda rule
February 20, 2013 10:34 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSoda makers and sellers are in court over a bid to delay enforcement of New York City's first-of-its-kind effort to limit the size of sugary drinks. The American Beverage Association and other groups are facing off with city officials Wednesday in a Manhattan courtroom. The city Board of Health...
Reports of toxic milk trigger scare in Balkans
February 19, 2013 8:33 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsReports that milk in the Balkans has been contaminated by a cancer-causing toxin have triggered a major health scare throughout the region, with authorities appealing for calm before official tests are conclusive. Senior agriculture official Goran Jesic claims on his website that out of 35 tested...
High-stakes fight over soybeans at US high court
February 18, 2013 9:30 am | by MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | CommentsVernon Hugh Bowman seems comfortable with the old way of doing things, right down to the rotary-dial telephone he said he was using in a conference call with reporters. But the 75-year-old U.S. farmer figured out a way to benefit from a high-technology product, soybeans that are resistant to...
Optimum Cooking Times Found for Seafood
February 14, 2013 11:36 am | News | CommentsA recent study determined the optimum cooking times needed to achieve microbial safety in shrimp and salmon for a variety of common cooking methods.
UK: Horse drug may have entered human food chain
February 14, 2013 6:49 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThree horse carcasses that tested positive for the equine drug bute may have entered the human food chain in France, the British government said Thursday. Environment Minister David Heath told the House of Commons that eight horses from British abattoirs had tested positive for bute, and "three...
'Green Revolution' center sees future in GM seeds
February 13, 2013 8:42 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe research center largely responsible for launching the "green revolution" of the 1960s is now planning to develop more genetically-modified seeds to help farmers in the developing world grow more grain in the face of changing climate conditions and increased demand. Donations of $25 million...
Clues to why most survived China melamine scandal
February 13, 2013 3:27 pm | by LAURAN NEERGAARD - AP Medical Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsScientists wondering why some children and not others survived one of China's worst food safety scandals have uncovered a suspect: germs that live in the gut. In 2008, at least six babies died and 300,000 became sick after being fed infant formula that had been deliberately and illegally tainted...
New, Disease Resistant Wheat Developed
February 12, 2013 11:50 am | News | CommentsWheat breeders have developed a higher-yielding soft white winter wheat, known as Kaseberg, that is also resistant to the disease stripe rust.
Used Coffee Grounds are a Rich Source of Healthful Antioxidants
January 9, 2013 1:28 pm | News | CommentsTo plant food, insect repellant and other homespun uses for spent coffee grounds, scientists are adding an application that could make the gunk left over from brewing coffee a valuable resource for production of dietary supplements. Their new report concludes that used coffee grounds are a rich source of healthful antioxidant substances.
Making Whole Wheat Bread Taste and Smell More Appetizing
January 9, 2013 1:22 pm | News | CommentsThe key to giving whole wheat bread a more appetizing aroma and taste may lie in controlling the amounts of a single chemical compound that appears in the bread, which nutritionists regard as more healthful than its refined white counterpart.
Change your salty ways in only 21 days
January 2, 2013 1:00 am | by American Heart Association | News | CommentsSodium – the everyday meal offender that might make your face feel puffy and your jeans look, and feel, tighter. Did you know that by reducing your sodium intake during a three week period you can change your sodium palate and start enjoying foods with less sodium?
Cheese first made at least 7,500 years ago
December 14, 2012 2:22 pm | by MARIA CHENG - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | CommentsA new study that finds the earliest solid evidence of cheese-making. Scientists performed a chemical analysis on fragments from 34 pottery sieves discovered in Poland to determine their purpose. Until now, experts weren't sure whether such sieves were used to make cheese, beer or honey.
Microbial DNA Isolation
August 26, 2009 12:43 pm | Product Releases | CommentsMO BIO Laboratories announced the launch of PowerFood Microbial DNA Isolation Kit, designed to isolate high-quality genomic DNA from food cultured microorganisms.
Obesity Research Reagents
July 21, 2009 12:07 pm | Product Releases | CommentsA 40-page catalog featuring over 240 reagents and ELISA kits for researchers studying the metabolic syndrome is now available from Enzo Life Sciences.
High Definition Mass Spectrometer
June 15, 2009 8:43 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe Waters SYNAPT G2 System features new QuanTof and enhanced High Definition MS technologies intended to accelerate scientists toward their research goals.
Gas Chromatography
May 13, 2009 10:47 am | Product Releases | CommentsShimadzu Scientific Instruments' new Multi-Dimensional Gas Chromatography system (MDGC) expands the capabilities of chemists who perform target compound analyses in complex sample matrices, including natural product extracts, food and flavor components, and biological extracts.
Powder-Free Gloves
May 13, 2009 10:47 am | Product Releases | CommentsSempermed offers SemperGuard Latex Industrial Powder-Free Gloves. The gloves provide optimal barrier protection while offering the property advantages of co-polymer technology.
Real-time PCR Detection System with Software
March 18, 2009 12:08 pm | Product Releases | CommentsBio-Rad launched its new Bio-Rad CFX384 real-time PCR detection system as well as its new CFX Manager software, Security Edition.
Temperature Logger
March 18, 2009 12:08 pm | Product Releases | CommentsDickson's new stainless steel case data loggers are designed for high temperature monitoring or wet condition temperature monitoring in many biotech applications (HT 200/220/225) are now available to worldwide biotech laboratories,
Real-Time PCR Detection
January 22, 2009 9:58 am | Product Releases | CommentsBio-Rad offers the CFX384 real-time PCR detection system as well as its new CFX Manager software, Security Edition.
High-Throughput Method Detects Melamine
December 1, 2008 5:34 am | Product Releases | CommentsMDS Analytical Technologies announced that the Abraxis Melamine Detection Kit has been validated for use on MDS Analytical Technologies' SpectraMax absorbance microplate readers with SoftMax Pro 5 GxP analytical software, an analysis software for FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliance.
Water Intake Monitor
January 16, 2008 10:19 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe BioDAQ collects bout-by-bout, moment-to-moment water intake data. It works with the same technology developed for food intake products, making it possible to record and analyze both food and water intake for singly housed rats and mice at very high resolution.
Mouse For ADME-Tox Research
November 27, 2007 6:11 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe proteins OCT1 and OCT2 are directly involved in the absorption and excretion processes of food components and xenobiotic compounds in the liver, small intestine and kidney, as well as activity in other tissues such as brain, heart, stomach and skeletal muscle.
Single-use Tank Liners
October 16, 2007 11:04 am | Product Releases | CommentsSuitable for single use biopharmaceutical and diagnostic reagent fluid processing, NALGENE Tank Liners fit NALGENE cylindrical tanks.
