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02/26/2018 / By Jhoanna Robinson

How poultry farming in India contributes to the global superbug problem: Antibiotics help chicks grow bigger, faster, for more profit

Chicks that arrive on a farm in Rangareddy district in India, near the southern metropolis of Hyderabad, are fed a yellow liquid from plastic containers. “Now the supervisor will come, and we will have to start with whatever medicines he would ask us to give the chicks,” the caretaker said. These medicines are antibiotics, of which […]

10/08/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Scientists are trying to take the gluten out of wheat in latest attempt to one-up Mother Nature

Celiac sufferers are given a glimpse of hope that they can now partake of foods made from wheat with the news that scientists are trying to create wheat that doesn’t contain gluten via a gene-editing technique. People who have celiac disease are those who are genetically-predisposed to having severe autoimmune allergic reactions when they ingest […]

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