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TLR1 Protein Drives Immune Response to Certain Food-Borne Illness in Mice
July 10, 2012 — A naturally occurring protein called TLR1 plays a critical role in protecting the body from illnesses caused by eating undercooked pork or drinking contaminated water, according to new ... > full story -
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Reward Sensitivity Increases Food 'Wanting' Following Television 'Junk Food' Commercials
July 10, 2012 — New research sought to investigate personality traits that make some people more vulnerable to over-eating and weight ... > full story -
Genetic Discovery Will Help Fight Diarrhea Outbreaks
June 14, 2012 — Researchers have discovered unexpectedly large genetic differences between two similar species of the pathogenic Cryptosporidium ... > full story -
Rapidly Cooling Eggs Ups Shelf Life, Cuts Risk of Illness
June 11, 2012 — Taking just a few seconds to cool freshly laid eggs would add weeks to their shelf life, according to a new study. The rapid-cooling process uses liquid carbon dioxide to stabilize the proteins in ... > full story -
Food-Trade Network Vulnerable to Fast Spread of Contaminants
June 7, 2012 — Physicists and food science experts have recently published a rigorous analysis of the international food-trade network that shows the network's vulnerability to the fast spread of contaminants as ... > full story -
Why Is It So Difficult to Trace the Origins of Food Poisoning Outbreaks?
June 1, 2012 — As illustrated by the 2011 E. coli outbreak in Germany, any delay in identifying the source of food poisoning outbreaks can cost lives and cause considerable political and economical damage. ... > full story -
Gut-Throat Competition: Native Bacteria Fend Off Invaders, Suggesting New Way to Stop Dangerous Forms of E. Coli
May 10, 2012 — From tiny villages in developing nations to suburban kitchens in the U.S., dangerous strains of E. coli bacteria sicken millions of people each year – and kill untold numbers of children. Now, ... > full story -
Reusable Grocery Bags Kept in Bathroom Implicated in Norovirus Outbreak
May 9, 2012 — Investigators recently mapped the trail of an outbreak of a nasty stomach bug among participants in a girls’ soccer tournament to a reusable open top grocery bag stored in a hotel bathroom. ... > full story -
Clean Animals Result in Fewer E. Coli
May 4, 2012 — Following the E. coli case in Norway in 2006, when 17 people fell ill and one child died after eating mutton sausages, the meat industry introduced a number of measures in order to reduce the risk of ... > full story -
Garlic Compound Fights Source of Food-Borne Illness Better Than Antibiotics
May 1, 2012 — A compound in garlic is 100 times more effective than two popular antibiotics at fighting the Campylobacter bacterium, one of the most common causes of intestinal illness. The discovery opens the ... > full story
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