Archives for August 17, 2003

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GM plants may provide edible HPV vaccine

Researchers from Germany have genetically engineered plants to produce particles of human papillomavirus (HPV) that could be used in the creation of vaccines or as edible vaccines themselves.

Numico results show struggle not over

Dutch infant food and nutrition company Royal Numico continues to strive for profitability, but despite an improved performance overall, divestments and continued poor performance by its vitamins retail business GNC continue to plague company results.

Diabetes cases may not be rising, new research

The increase in the prevalence of diabetes may be due to better detection and people surviving longer with the disease not an increase in new cases, according to new research published in The Lancet.

Vitamin D hormone mimic boosts radiation results

A drug designed to mimic the effects of vitamin D hormone may be able to boost the effectiveness of radiation treatment for prostate cancer, report researchers in the British Journal of Cancer.