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Food and Beverage Analysis – News and Features

Crips in bowl with hand.
News

User Fees Could Help FDA Ensure Food Safety

Fees from food companies could generate much-needed resources to strengthen the FDA’s oversight of foods, say legal and policy analysts.
Bacteria in the large intestine.
News

Vaccines and Friendly Bacteria: A Dual Strategy to Beat Pathogens

In the fight against bacterial pathogens, researchers are combining vaccination with targeted colonisation of the intestine by harmless microorganisms. This approach could potentially mark a turning point in the antibiotics crisis.
Young boy in a yellow sweater looking unhappy while holding a fork with broccoli, showing food aversion.
News

How Your Brain Learns Aversion After Food Poisoning

A Princeton study uncovers the brain’s role in forming long-lasting food aversions. When the gut signals sickness, the brain processes and stores these experiences as aversions, influencing memory and decision-making.
A gloved hand holding up a bacterial culture plate with antibiotic-infused discs on; circles of no bacterial growth around some.
Article

The Rise of Superbugs: A Looming Health Crisis

Antibiotic resistance – a gradual decrease in the sensitivity of pathogens to drugs threatens us all. Here, we consider how resistance develops, how we got there and, most importantly, what it threatens us with.
A DNA double helix with a section (gene) of one strand removed, representing horizontal gene transfer.
Article

Horizontal Gene Transfer – Meaning, Methods, Detection and Outcomes

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is the movement of genetic material from one organism to another. In this article, we will discuss what HGT is, how it is used in research, how to detect it and the threat it poses to humanity.
Close-up of water being poured from a pitcher into a glass, highlighting concerns about PFAS contamination in drinking water.
Article

The Forever Chemicals in Our Drinking Water

This article explores the current understanding of PFAS exposure through drinking water, the methods used to monitor these "forever chemicals” and the strategies being implemented to mitigate their impact on health and the environment.
DNA made of food.
Article

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.
Tuna up close under water.
News

Mercury Levels in Tuna Could Be Reduced With New Packaging

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have come up with a novel approach to packaging canned tuna infused in the water-based solution of amino acid cysteine.
A scientist holding a petri dish containing bacteria and different antibiotics.
Article

Bacterial Transformation and Transformation Protocol

In this article, we discuss transformation, bacterial transformation in particular, and how scientists can utilize it to manipulate bacteria for a plethora of purposes.
3D illustration of bacteriophages attaching to bacterial cells, depicting how bacteria phages infect and replicate within bacteria.
News

Bacteria Use Dormant Phages to "Vaccinate" Against Future Infections

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have shown that bacteria can create immunity by stealing genetic material from dormant phages during infection. This "memory" is stored in the bacterial genome and passed down.
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