Study suggests designer probiotics could help cut obesity
Targeted probiotics could affect the physiology of human fat cells and potentially prevent or help treat conditions such as obesity, according to new Irish research.
Archives for January 24, 2011
Vitamin E is safe but ineffective, says new meta-analysis
Supplementation with vitamin E is neither beneficial nor harmful in terms of mortality, according to the results of a new meta-analysis.
Special edition: Outsourcing
GMPs boosting need for contract analytical prowess
The introduction of good manufacturing practices (GMPs) is a boon for contract analytical services, and those with special services to offer are standing out from the crowd.
Vitamin-herb brain claims are ok, finds UK authority
The UK branch of German pharma player Boehringer Ingelheim has had brain health adverts for a vitamin-based medicine backed by local watchdog, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
The naked truth about kids’ food advertising
It was an Emperor’s New Clothes moment for the US food industry last week, when it was revealed that a major initiative touting its responsible advertising to kids actually allows promotion of many unhealthy foods. Is anyone really surprised?
DuPont would move food R&D to Danisco centres post acqusition
DuPont would look to move its food ingredients R&D to Denmark following its acquisition of Danisco, and adopt the latter’s Sales and Application development organisation to get ingredients to market, offer documents reveal.
Calcium plus vitamin D shows bone boosting benefits for teenage girls
Supplements of calcium and vitamin D may boost the bone health of girls undergoing puberty, and potentially reduce the risk of osteoporosis later in life, suggests a new study from Down Under.
Class action lodged against DSM-Martek takeover
Royal DSM’s buy-out of Maryland-based omega-3 DHA leader, Martek Biosciences Corporation, is being challenged in a Maryland Circuit Court.