USMCA will stunt potentially lifesaving innovation
The new trade agreement represents progress for international trade, but crucially, it weakens protections for the biopharma industry…
Superbugs kill over 700,000 people a year worldwide
And that could rise to 10 million deaths per year within 30 years, at an economic cost of US$100 trillion…
Prolonged journeys in space help inform research into frailty
Astronauts and seniors with frailty have much in common and innovative research may help solve problems for both…
Taking a bite out of the dangerous notion that food is medicine
Pseudoscience and quackery love the food-is-medicine philosophy because it helps them sell their nutritional supplements, diet books and therapy sessions…
Three nutrition trends to stay away from
Skip the cleanses, alkaline diets and IV vitamin therapy; there's no evidence they work and plenty of evidence they can be harmful…
Cool the hype around genetics and health care
We are a long way from identifying definitive biomarkers to illness and personalized gene therapies are likely generations away…
Fishing for seafood fraud report of questionable value
The methodology used by non-profit Oceana for its report lacks scientific rigour…
The red meat merry-go-round
The protein war isn’t about the amount of meat we should eat, but rather about how studies on nutrition should be interpreted. It's messy…
Antibiotics no cure for colds or flu
And using an antibiotic when not needed makes patients more vulnerable to antibiotic-resistant infections…
Going bananas for a threatened fruit
A deadly fungus is spreading all over the world, so we can expect to pay more for bananas. But our world-class scientists could help solve the problem…