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Toxoplasmosis Infection Trick Revealed By Scientists
May 10, 2007 — Scientists have provided new insight into how the parasite which causes toxoplasmosis invades human cells. Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease, primarily carried by cats. It is transmitted to humans ... > full story -
Melamine Contaminant Found In Chicken Feed
May 2, 2007 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (UDSA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have learned that byproducts from pet food manufactured with contaminated wheat gluten imported from China ... > full story -
Rapid, One-Step, Ultra-Sensitive Detection Of Food Poisoning Bacteria And Biothreats
April 16, 2007 — A new mosquito-sized biosensor can detect amazingly small amounts of disease-causing E. coli bacteria in food in a single-step process that takes only minutes, compared to hours required with ... > full story -
Chemists Are Creating An Easy Home Test Kit For Spoiled Food
March 26, 2007 — Chemists at the University of South Carolina are developing a consumer test kit that people can use to quickly and accurately determine if food products are spoiled or safe to eat. The disposable ... > full story -
Will The Plague Pathogen Become Resistant To Antibiotics?
March 21, 2007 — A small piece of DNA that helps bacteria commonly found in US meat and poultry resist several antibiotics has also been found in the plague bacillus Yersinia pestis, gene sequence researchers ... > full story -
Tea Reduces Bacteria In Meats
March 19, 2007 — Take a serving of extracts from green tea or Jasmine tea, mix in some wildflower dark honey and you have something more useful than a drink. It's actually a scientific mixture that can be used to ... > full story -
Avoiding Antibiotic Resistance In Turkeys: Use Bacteriocins Instead To Kill Pathogen
March 19, 2007 — Scientists have found that an effective way to get rid of pathogenic Campylobcter bacteria in turkeys is to use proteins produced naturally by other bacteria. The proteins are called bacteriocins. ... > full story -
Protein Found In Chickens May Help Protect Against Food-Borne Pathogens
March 19, 2007 — Food-borne pathogens, responsible for most cases of food poisoning in developed countries, are commonly affiliated with poultry products including chicken. Therapeutic doses of antibiotics in chicken ... > full story -
Probiotic Treatment Reduces Salmonella Infection In Pigs
March 19, 2007 — Salmonella is one of the major causes of food-borne gastroenteritis worldwide, with an estimated 160,000 cases reported annually in the European Union alone. Probiotics, described as live ... > full story -
Antibiotic Resistance Found In Poultry Even When No Antibiotics Were Used
March 7, 2007 — A surprising finding by a team of University of Georgia scientists suggests that curbing the use of antibiotics on poultry farms will do little -- if anything -- to reduce rates of antibiotic ... > full story
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