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Fish eaters at lower risk of lymph, blood cancers

People who eat fish regularly several times a week are significantly less likely to get cancers of the lymph and hematopoietic system, which include leukaemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and myeloma, suggests a recent study.

ADM and Burcon push out vegetable protein

Burcon and Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) have completed the technical phase of the commercialization of Puratein and Supertein, canola proteins, expected to have a wide range of applications in the food and nutraceutical industries, reports Philippa...

Herb, drug interactions not sufficiently studied

Evidence that the herbal St John's wort may cause important interactions with conventional drugs, or even drug resistance, is poor, say researchers in this week's British Medical Journal.