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Leo is a science writer with a focus on environmental and food research. He holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Newcastle University and a master's degree in science communication from the University of Edinburgh.
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Wildtype’s Cultivated Salmon Becomes First of Its Kind To Receive FDA Approval
The vat-grown seafood joins two other cultivated meat products, from UPSIDE Foods and Eat Just’s GOOD Meat, respectively, to mark the third cultivated protein to enter the US market.
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Microplastic-Fed Mice Develop Glucose Intolerance
According to Amy Parkhurst, a doctoral candidate at the University of California, Davis, micro- and nanoplastics could be damaging our livers and increasing our chances of developing glucose intolerance.
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More Evidence That Seeds Oils Reduce Chance of Cardiac Disease
According to new research due to be presented at Nutrition 2025, linoleic acid, a key component of seed oils, may help to lower risks for heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
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Modeling Tauopathy: How New Mouse Models Could Help Map Alzheimer’s Disease
While amyloid-beta has been a central focus in drug development, increasing evidence points to tau pathology as a more accurate predictor of disease progression. This is where the work of Dr. Naoto Watamura could be vital.
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How the Danish National Genome Center Uses Patients’ Genomic Data
Catching up at the Nordic Precision Medicine Forum 2025 in Stockholm, Technology Networks spoke to Astrid Pedersen, special advisor at the Danish National Genome Center, to learn more about the initiative’s work.
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Vegans Can Build Muscle Just as Well as Meat-Eaters
The study involved 40 participants who were fed either a vegan or omnivorous diet and asked to complete 3 sessions of whole-body resistance training over 9 days.
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How Nourish Ingredients Made Its Milk Substitute Creamy
Technology Networks caught up with its founder and CEO, James Petrie, to learn what makes the company’s lipids unique.
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Seed Oils and Your Health: The Good and the Bad
Read a breakdown of the latest research to learn the truth behind the recent seed oil health scares.
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Could an AI Win the Nobel Prize? Maybe By 2050, If This Project Is Successful
The team at Omron Sinic X say that, by 2050, they hope their AI can conduct whole experiments independently of human scientists.
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How DNA Barcoding Went From Biodiversity Tracker to Food Fraud Detector
Technology Networks speaks to the method’s pioneer, Paul Hebert. Read on to learn about how the technique went from biodiversity tracker to food fraud finder.
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