Research
Aug. 22, 2013
Toxic Nanoparticles?
Researchers have developed a reliable method for detecting dangerous silver nanoparticles in food.
July 22, 2013
Saving the Bacon
A University of Missouri and Kansas State University team is working to find a cure for a specific virus that affects pigs and costs the hog industry $800 million annually.
June 14, 2012
Counting Calories
Childhood obesity has increased dramatically throughout the past 40 years and has been tied to many health problems. Now, a University of Missouri researcher has found that children’s weight is associated with their math performance.
Jan. 6, 2012
Listening for Cancer
Commercial production of a device that measures melanoma using photoacoustics, or laser-induced ultrasound, will soon be available to scientists and academia for cancer studies.
Dec. 19, 2011
The Chicken That Isn’t
A food company will use CAFNR research to launch a new food product that not only tastes like chicken, but chews like it, too.
Nov. 18, 2010
Safer Turkey Dinners
Food scientists at the University of Missouri have developed a faster and more accurate way to test poultry and eggs for live salmonella contamination. The DNA-based process provides results in as little as 2-5 hours versus up to five days for current testing techniques that culture samples in a Petri dish. The technique can allow the poultry industry to test for contamination before product is shipped, thus avoiding costly recalls.
Oct. 6, 2010
Post-Nuclear Adaptation
Scientists studying the ecological legacy of the 1986 nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power station have found surprising evidence that some plants can adapt and even flourish in a highly radioactive environment. An international team of scientists, including researchers from the University of Missouri, grew flax plants in a high radiation environment near the abandoned Chernobyl site and compared the seeds produced to those from plants grown in non-radioactive control plots.
Sep. 8, 2010
Healthier Snacks through Improved Soybeans
A research team, led by plant scientists at the University of Missouri, has created a soybean variant that produces oil that does not have to be hydrogenated before going into food – adding no trans-fat.
July 27, 2010
A Promising Plant Looks Even Better
A herbal remedy used by South African traditional healers to enhance immunity and slow the wasting of HIV/AIDS has passed the first part of a multi-part clinical study in that country. The next piece of the study, now beginning, will determine if anecdotal evidence of the plant’s benefits can be scientifically demonstrated.
May 5, 2010
Infection, Not Inflammation
Aided by a new experimental model, scientists are a step closer to understanding how cystic fibrosis (CF) causes lung disease in people with the condition. The findings, published online April 28 in the journal Science Translational Medicine, could help improve treatments for lung disease, which causes most of the deaths and disability among people with CF.