Archives for August 23, 2015

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Firm automates ingredient discovery based on epigenetic activity

By Hank Schultz

Finding new bioactive molecules has in the past been something of a treasure hunt that had developers combing records of traditional uses of botanicals for clues pointing the way to new products. UK-based natural products company Sibelius Limited is one...

Far East digest

Heavy-drinking Koreans seeing obesity skyrocket

By RJ Whitehead

Obesity has emerged as one of South Korea’s biggest threats to health, according to a study released by the National Health Insurance Service last week. 

The link between psychosis and malnutrition

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

First-time psychosis sufferers are far more likely to be deficient in micronutrients and protein than the general population – and more intervention studies are needed to explore strategies against this, say UK researchers.