The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has assured Ghanaians that Genetically Modified (GM) foods, particularly the Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) cowpea, were safe, nutritious, and ...

The world’s most widely used weedkiller is confronting legal battles as well as a cat-and-mouse game with nature. But it’s ...

Herbicides used in agriculture offer quick weed control but have detrimental effects on the environment and human health, driving the search for safer methods.

From big bowls of salad to platters of meatballs and spaghetti sauce, Srisatta noshed his way through a nutrition study aimed at understanding the health effects of ultraprocessed foods, the ...

A food scientist who has long vocalized the link between ultra-processed foods and chronic health conditions has revealed that he still eats them, even 'the bad ones.' Dr Kevin Hall served as a ...

Peripheral afferent neurons - nerves that send signals from all areas of the body to the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) - are known to infiltrate and grow within malignant bone tumors ...

Normally, ENO1 is part of the body’s natural process of turning glucose into energy. However, in cancer cells, it becomes ...

Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court Monday directed the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and the central govt to establish comprehensive safety standards and regulatory mechanisms for ...

In a small plot in the Northern Territory, banana plants have thrived for almost a decade in soil that should kill them. According to those who have tried the fruit, they taste exactly like a banana ...

This week, members of the International Union of Conservation of Nature, one of the world’s largest conservation groups, voted against a moratorium on the release of genetically engineered species ...

A biomedical researcher combining advanced mouse models with human-based and computational approaches explains why we can’t ...

The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (Kalro) has applied for approval to commercialise genetically modified cassava varieties in 18 counties, marking a major step in mass rollout ...