Colorado-based MycoTechnology wrapped 2022 with major distribution announcements and ambitions for growth and commercial expansion during the new year. At the start of 2023, the company announced it has overcome the final hurdle to enter the European market with FermentIQ, its fermented plant-based protein, which has now received Novel Food approval by the European Food … Read more
Deputy Commissoner of Police (Metro) weighed a whopping 130 kg and faced several health problems including high cholesterol, uncontrolled blood sugar levels, high blood pressure, obesity(Image courtsey: NDTV) New Delhi: A senior officer of the Delhi police was recently rewarded for his hard work – shedding 46 kg in just eight months following a strict … Read more
Deputy Commissoner of Police (Metro) weighed a whopping 130 kg and faced several health problems including high cholesterol, uncontrolled blood sugar levels, high blood pressure, obesity(Image courtsey: NDTV) New Delhi: A senior officer of the Delhi police was recently rewarded for his hard work – shedding 46 kg in just eight months following a strict … Read more
A recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server described the cell-free manufacturing of griffithsin (GRFT), a broad-spectrum antiviral protein. Study: An approach to rapid distributed manufacturing of broad spectrum anti-viral griffithsin using cell-free systems to mitigate pandemics. Image Credit: Juan Gaertner/Shutterstock Drugs and vaccines are currently manufactured in large and expensive facilities. The drug … Read more
Anthracyclines are a class of chemotherapies effective in treating many forms of cancer, including leukemias, lymphomas and breast cancer. Anthracyclines -; such as doxorubicin, frequently used against breast cancer -; kill cancer cells by damaging their DNA. However, these effective chemotherapies also cause toxic heart effects in about ten percent of patients that can eventually … Read more
On Guam, proteins are a staple in most households. Dietary protein is essential for health due to the availability of amino acids. You can think of amino acids as building blocks that make up proteins. The body uses amino acids for cell generation, hormone and enzyme function, growth and development, and other important functions such … Read more
Due to new trends in protein-rich diets and environmentally friendly and sustainable food or eating practices, oats, peas, and canola are in high demand. The demand for particular foods among consumers has made it possible for northern Plains farmers to sell their products in more markets. Field peas, oats, and canola, which are produced on … Read more
Writing in Sports Medicine – Open, the researcher from Meiji and Waseda University added that protein intake must be coupled with resistance training to see a significant improvement in muscle strength. This is said to be the first time that a dose-response was found between protein intake and muscle strength. “Previous studies have clarified … Read more
A fundamental principle of molecular biology governs how proteins are made within the cell, which happens in two stages called transcription and translation. During transcription, information stored in DNA is copied into messenger RNA (mRNA). Then during translation, the ribosomes assemble proteins of one amino acid at a time based on the instruction specified on … Read more
Aligned with the growing demand for delicious, nutritional and sustainable plant-based baked goods and snacks, DSM has created Vertis CanolaPRO, a complete, high quality canola protein isolate that is free from all major allergens. The product is the result of more than 10 years of research and development at DSM to unlock healthy protein from … Read more