Food and Agricultural Sciences News and Research

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Existing drugs could disrupt SARS-CoV-2 from hijacking cells

An international team of researchers has analyzed how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, hijacks the proteins in its target cells.

30 Jun 2020

Researchers show how gut microbiome helps people resist cholera

Cholera can kill within hours if left untreated, and it sickens as many as 4 million people a year. In a new article in the journal Cell, researchers describe how gut bacteria helps people resist the disease.

30 Jun 2020

Antibiotic resistance genes persist in E. coli through 'genetic capitalism', study shows

We have known for some time that over-use of antibiotics is causing a frightening increase in antibiotic resistance in bacteria, through the rapid spread of antibiotic resistance genes.

29 Jun 2020

Researchers identify osmotic stress as stimulator of cellular waste disposal

Cellular waste disposal, where autophagy and lysosomes interact, performs elementary functions, such as degrading damaged protein molecules, which impair cellular function, and reintroducing the resulting building blocks such as amino acids into the metabolic system.

29 Jun 2020

Unorthodox Desalination Method Could Transform Global Water Management

Water security is becoming an urgent global challenge, with hundreds of millions of people already living in water-scarce regions.

29 Jun 2020

Sustainable method for manufacturing composite fiberboard

Composite binders are important materials used in furniture, flooring, and other consumer products, but they can pose health hazards.

29 Jun 2020

Neuromarketing Of Taste

Researchers from HSE University have discovered a new approach to analyze the perceived similarity of food products, based on EEG signals.

29 Jun 2020

Excessive Sugar Intake Linked With Unhealthy Fat Deposits

Sugar consumption is linked with larger fat deposits around the heart and in the abdomen, which is risky for health.

29 Jun 2020

New method to synthesize cancer-fighting phytochemicals

Phytoalexins have attracted a great deal of interest because of their major role in plant health and their health-promoting effects in humans.

26 Jun 2020

Genome study opens pathway toward sustainable edible seaweed

Since the 1980s, in seaweed farms dotted along the coastline of the subtropical islands of Okinawa, farmers have cultivated the edible brown alga.

26 Jun 2020

Climate extremes will cause forest changes

Until now, 2003 was considered as the driest and hottest year since the beginning of instrumental climate recording.

26 Jun 2020

Foodborne titanium dioxide nanoparticles impact gut microbiota in mice

A common food additive, recently banned in France but allowed in the U.S. and many other countries, was found to significantly alter gut microbiota in mice, causing inflammation in the colon and changes in protein expression in the liver, according to research led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst food scientist.

26 Jun 2020

Food and Agricultural Sciences News and Research

Latest Food and Agricultural Sciences News and Research

Existing drugs could disrupt SARS-CoV-2 from hijacking cells

Researchers show how gut microbiome helps people resist cholera

Antibiotic resistance genes persist in E. coli through 'genetic capitalism', study shows

Researchers identify osmotic stress as stimulator of cellular waste disposal

Unorthodox Desalination Method Could Transform Global Water Management

Sustainable method for manufacturing composite fiberboard

Neuromarketing Of Taste

Excessive Sugar Intake Linked With Unhealthy Fat Deposits

New method to synthesize cancer-fighting phytochemicals

Genome study opens pathway toward sustainable edible seaweed

Climate extremes will cause forest changes

Foodborne titanium dioxide nanoparticles impact gut microbiota in mice

Investing in the fight against climate change in the wake of COVID-19

Relationship between COVID-19 and food safety, biosecurity

Turning biomass DNA into degradable materials

Efficient laser technique can convert cellulose into biofuel

Carbon Cycling In Wet Soils

Study shows how chemicals cause complex cell mutations

Asymptomatic COVID-19 Patients Also Contaminate The Environment

Researchers discover unknown enzyme activity towards human endogenous substrates

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