What a Philippine court ruling means for transgenic Golden Rice, once hailed as a dietary breakthrough
Golden Rice seemed to be on the cusp of fulfilling its promise. Decades ago, researchers created the genetically modified (GM) rice variety to combat vitamin A deficiency, a scourge of the developing world that can cause blindness and even lead to death. But for more than 20 years activists opposed to GM crops kept Golden Rice confined to laboratories and test plots.
But in 2021, the government of the Philippines granted a permit allowing the commercial planting of Malusog Rice, a Golden Rice variety tailored for local conditions and tastes. Farmers began to grow limited amounts of the grain in 2022. Officials hoped...
Source: ScienceNOW - May 3, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Zinc of Ireland Advances Exploration, Optimizes Assets
https://www.tipranks.com/news/company-announcements/zinc-of-ireland-advances-exploration-optimizes-assets?utm_source=biztoc.com&utm_medium=referral (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Redflow Launches Major Entitlement Offer
Redflow Limited (AU:RFX) has released an update. Australian company Redflow Limited, known for its innovative zinc-bromine flow batteries used in e...#redflowlimited #rfx #australian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What is the Dose-Response for Maternal Vitamin D Supplementation in Lactating Mothers?
Discussion
Vitamin D is an important vitamin for bone formation and mineral homeostasis. Hypocalcemia, hypophosphatemia, osteomalacia, rickets and tetany can all result because of Vitamin D deficiency. Deficiency is caused by inadequate dietary intakes of Vitamin D, inadequate exposure to sunlight or patients with fat malabsorption or renal disease. Even in high sun exposure areas of the world, Vitamin D deficiency can occur because of inadequate exposure due to clothing or cultural practices. Sunscreen blocks sunlight and an SPF (sun protection factor) of 8 blocks 95% of the sun, so there needs to be a careful balance bet...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 15, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Food Security and Food Safety in Africa Must Go Hand in Hand
Fortified flour bag. Credit: Partners in Food SolutionsBy Monica MusondaLUSAKA, Zambia, Apr 12 2024 (IPS) Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has restricted international exports and sent food costs soaring – particularly for vulnerable populations still experiencing shocks from the pandemic and who can least afford to pay more to feed their families. Two years on, global food supply chains are still just as susceptible to serious disruptions caused by war, disease, and climate change. Those inevitable disruptions are leaving those on the African continent particularly vulnerable.
Ensuring people have access to safe and nutr...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Monica Musonda Tags: Africa Economy & Trade Food and Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Detection Technology launches flat panel portfolio worldwide
X-ray detector firm Detection Technology is making its range of thin-film transistor flat panel detectors globally available.
The portfolio includes indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) and amorphous silicon (a-SI) technology-based products tailored for medical and industrial applications.
Detection Technology will showcase the key features of its X-Panel portfolio at upcoming exhibitions, including the China International Equipment Fair in Shanghai and the World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing in Incheon, Korea. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
SPECT/CT algorithm predicts heart failure hospitalizations
This study represents the first evidence, to our knowledge, demonstrating that integrating SPECT MPI into an AI-based risk assessment algorithm significantly improves the prediction of hospitalizations due to [heart failure],” the group wrote. The research was published March 28 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.Heart failure is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and worldwide, with prevalence projected to increase by almost 50% from 2012 to 2030, the authors wrote. They noted that identifying patients who are at risk for heart failure exacerbation can open opportunities for prevention strateg...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Molecular Imaging Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news
For thermal battery startups, the median post-money valuation is up 81.9% year over year
Don’t believe me? Consider this: The first real battery was invented by an Italian physicist in 1800, a time when people believed electricity could exclusively be generated by organisms. Inspired by galvanism—an idea made famous by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein—Alessandro Volta stacked some zinc and…#italian #maryshelley #pitchbook #alijavaheri #termsheet #antoraenergy #fourthpower #malta #temasek #lowercarboncapital (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Singapore Warehouses Are Filling Up With Surplus Lead and Zinc
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Telix to buy ARTMS in $82M deal
Telix Pharmaceuticals has entered an agreement to acquire Canadian diagnostic imaging isotopes company ARTMS for $82 million.
Under the agreement, Telix will take on ARTMS’ cyclotron-based isotope production platform, manufacturing plant, and stockpile of ultrapure rare metals such as zinc-68, which is irradiated to produce gallium-68. The companies have been collaborating since 2020 to develop higher curie-scale production of Illuccix, a PET radiotracer injection kit used for prostate cancer imaging.
ARTMS is based in Burnaby, British Columbia, and is a privately held spin-off company of TRIUMF, Canada's particle acce...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 6, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Research With a Bang: Science Reveals How Loud Noise Damages Hearing
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 -- Preventing noise-related hearing loss from a loud concert, a banging jackhammer or a rifle blast could be as simple as managing levels of zinc within the inner ear, a new study reports.Such hearing loss stems from cellular... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 13, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Copper steadies on China financing data; zinc and lead hit new lows
LONDON: Copper prices steadied on Friday after a week of heavy losses as investors got a glimmer of hope that top metals consumer China was bolstering its economy with financing measures, according to Reuters. Zinc and lead, however, touched fresh lows as gains in inventories highlighted weak… (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Europe's deepest mine to become Europe's deepest battery
The deepest metal mine in Europe, unused since 2022, is set to host a giant underground gravity battery. Pyhäsalmi Mine, located 450 kilometers north of Helsinki in Finland, runs deep into the Earth – 1,444 meters, or around 0.9 miles, to be precise. With its copper and zinc deposits depleted,…#pyhäsalmimine #helsinki #finland #pyhäsalmi #gravitricity #heraldgravitricity #finnish #martinwright #herald #affordable (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Copper retreats on changing interest rate signals
Copper prices fell in London on Thursday on a stronger dollar and receding hopes of a March cut to U.S. interest rates, though losses were limited by tighter supply and positive data from China. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) fell 0.8 per cent to $8,540 a metric ton in…#londonmetalexchange #lme #usfederalreserve #dansmith #indicating #anz #zinc (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How to Use and Take Care of Your Humidifier
For those of us whose skin in the winter gets as scaly as a lizard’s, home humidifiers might sound essential. But humidifiers are more complicated to use and care for than some other household appliances—and doing so incorrectly can be worse for your health than not having one at all.
Here’s what to know before diving in.
The benefits of humid air
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Humidifiers do their best work on the parts of the body you use to breathe. When the air gets colder, the humidity in the environment goes down. Each breath of dry air sucks moisture from your airways...
Source: TIME: Health - January 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haley Weiss Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
