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New insights from Nestlé Research on the body’s natural ability to resist weight gain

Research |  News | 0 Comment | 19 Sep, 2019

The worldwide overweight and obesity epidemic, and weight-related health complications such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, have become critical healthcare issues i...Read more

Atal Incubation Centre launches clean meat innovation challenge

Research |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Sep, 2019

In a joint effort to support the advancement of scientific research on clean meat in India, the Atal Incubation Centre, in CSIR-- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology,...Read more

NUS study links tea consumption with boosting brain health

Research |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Sep, 2019

A recent study led by Assistant Professor Feng Lei from the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine’s Department of Psychological Medicine in Singapore rev...Read more

Fortum India with CCSU to make fiber from paddy straw

Research |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Sep, 2019

Fortum India, a Finnish clean energy company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar with the objectiv...Read more

Velabs to develop novel immune-based therapy for obesity

Research |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Sep, 2019

Velabs Therapeutics GmbH (Velabs), a biotech company focused on the rapid screening of functional therapeutic antibodies,  announces that it has entered into a partner...Read more

CPRI develops antioxidant rich potato variety

Research |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Sep, 2019

ICAR- Central Potato Research Institute in Shimla has developed a new antioxidant rich potato variety. Kufri Neelkanth is a new table purpose medium maturing specialty pot...Read more

Nuts may improve metabolic profile of fat cells

Research |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Aug, 2019

A recent study in Spain, funded by the International Nut & Dried Fruit Council, published in the journal Communications Biology, showed that some nuts such as waln...Read more

Packaged food in India found least healthy in major global survey

Research |  News | 0 Comment | 22 Aug, 2019

The George Institute for Global Health analyzed more than 400,000 food and drink products from 12 countries and territories around the world. Countries were ranked using Au...Read more

Science can now detect gluten in any food

Research |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Aug, 2019

The scientists from Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), have announced that they have discovered a way to detect gluten in the less well-s...Read more

Mahidol University and CPF strike food innovation R&D pact

Research |  News | 0 Comment | 19 Aug, 2019

Thailand based Mahidol University signed a research and development pact with Charoen Pokphand Foods PLC (CPF) to explore health food innovations that respond to the needs ...Read more

CFTRI incubated startup launches natural sports hydration drink

Research |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Aug, 2019

Athletebit Healthcare, a CSIR-CFTRI incubated startup, has launched its protein electrolyte During Workout drink SOAR at CSIR-CFTRI Campus, in Mysuru, Karnataka. Marketed u...Read more

Scientists create artificial tongue to detect fake whiskey

Research |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Aug, 2019

An artificial ‘tongue’ which can taste subtle differences between drams of whisky could help cut down on the trade in counterfeit alcohol, scientists say. In a...Read more

NIH and partners to assess Omalizumab effect on food allergy

Research |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Aug, 2019

Though food allergy affects more than 4.8 million children in the United States, no approved preventative treatments currently exist. While experimental desensitization str...Read more

Rye is Healthy owing to interplay of microbes

Research |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Aug, 2019

Eating rye comes with a variety of health benefits. A new study from the University of Eastern Finland now shows that both lactic acid bacteria and gut bacteria c...Read more

Storability of vegetable carotene gets affected by oxygen in air

Research |  Other | 0 Comment | 31 Jul, 2019

The shelf life of vegetable carotenoids when stored in powdered form is severely affected by oxygen in the storage environment – an effect that has a big impact on th...Read more

Coffee may cure rare genetic brain disorder

Research |  News | 0 Comment | 31 Jul, 2019

A rare genetic brain disease causing a movement disorder has been reported from Mumbai where a 21-year-old patient has been diagnosed with ‘Myoclonus-Dystonia’&...Read more

NIH study calls for well-defined standards of foods for infants

Research |  News | 0 Comment | 30 Jul, 2019

Common recommendations from hospitals and infant formula manufacturers for introducing solid foods to infants could raise the risk of overfeeding or underfeeding, suggests ...Read more

PAU to commercialise pumpkin variety

Research |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Jul, 2019

The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has inked a non-exclusive pact with VNR Seeds Private Limited, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, for the commercialization of Punjab Nawab, a p...Read more