A new study led by Danforth Center principal investigator Nigel Taylor and research scientist Narayanan Narayanan, shows that field-grown cassava plants overexpressing a combination of plant genes can accumulate significantly ...
Biotechnology
Jan 28, 2019
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Best known as a pathogen that causes food poisoning or steals nutrients away from its host, the E. coli bacterium actually plays a critical role in promoting health by producing a compound that helps cells take up iron, new ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 23, 2018
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ETH researchers have genetically modified a key variety of rice, making it very efficient at enriching its grains with iron and zinc.
Biotechnology
Jun 11, 2018
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Whey protein nanofibrils loaded with iron nanoparticles: ETH researchers are developing a new and highly effective way of fortifying iron into food and drinks.
Bio & Medicine
Apr 25, 2017
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Stanford researchers accidentally discovered that iron nanoparticles invented for anemia treatment have another use: triggering the immune system's ability to destroy tumor cells.
Bio & Medicine
Sep 26, 2016
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Some forensic anthropologists thought the skull condition called cribra orbitalia (CO) was a thing of the past – but new research from North Carolina State University and the University of the Witwatersrand finds that it ...
Archaeology
May 17, 2016
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To cope with changes in its aquatic environment and the nutrient deficiencies that may result, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a mobile single-cell alga, must adapt its metabolism for subsistence, notably in terms of sugar. The ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 11, 2016
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The dynamic field of medical laser applications continually offers new systems and techniques enabling less invasive or more targeted treatments. But the path from the lab to the clinic can be slowed by "a multiplicity of ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 17, 2015
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A QUT scientist has unravelled the way in which plants regulate their levels of vitamin C, the vitamin essential for preventing iron deficiency anaemia and conditions such as scurvy.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 12, 2015
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With news reports of toxic, cadmium-tainted rice in China, a new study describes a protein that transports metals in certain plants and holds promise for developing iron-rich but cadmium-free crops.
Plants & Animals
Jun 11, 2014
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