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05/17/2018 / By Ralph Flores

High-fat diets promote the increase of gut microbes that make you fatter…it’s a never-ending cycle

The microbiota plays an important role in the body, even as researchers are still trying to understand the mechanisms by which it does so. However, the results of a study published in Cell Host and Microbe may shed some light on how certain diets affect it. They found that microbiota – in particular, those in the small […]

04/23/2018 / By Vicki Batts

Plant cell cultures: Would you eat vegetables grown in a lab if they were nutritious and tasty?

Would you want to eat superfoods grown in a lab? For many people, the latest development in the biotech industry is more hair-raising than it is inspiring. Scientists from the Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) are developing a new method for producing plant-based foods — via the use of what’s known as “plant cell […]

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