Adding iron to wheat could fight ‘hidden hunger’

Biofortification of wheat shows promise for addressing "hidden hunger," a lack of essential vitamins and minerals in the human diet.

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Tags: agriculture food plants genetic-engineering health-and-medicine iron zinc wheat

Donor breastmilk doesn’t contain enough zinc

Donor breastmilk doesn't have enough zinc, tests show. Although donor milk gets fortified for babies in the NICU, parents are buying it for use at home.

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Tags: food babies breastfeeding health-and-medicine zinc milk

To vaccinate against gonorrhea, take away zinc?

New research on gonorrhea "suggests a way to halt the growth of this sexually transmitted infection in the host's body."

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Tags: bacteria drug-resistance vaccines sexually-transmitted-diseases health-and-medicine zinc