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MIT Scientists Develop Food Sensor That Can Detect Spoiled or Contaminated Food

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MIT engineers have designed a food sensor , made from an array of silk microneedles, that can pierce through the plastic packaging of foods to sample for bacterial contamination and spoilage. The Velco-like device pierces the packaging and the food via silk microneedles that suck in material through capillary action.

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What is a natural health product? Health Canada’s findings upheld by Federal Courts

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In recent months, the Federal Courts have twice upheld Health Canada’s findings as to what is, and is not, a natural health product. The Courts’ decisions provide insight into how natural health products are distinguished, under federal law, from cosmetics and from drugs subject to the Food and Drug Regulations.

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Top 30 Pharma and Biotech Companies in 2023: Statistics and Trends

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Most of the company’s revenue comes from the manufacture and sale of biopharmaceutical products. They are committed to capitalizing on growth opportunities primarily through the advancement of their own product pipeline and constantly improving their existing products, as well as through business development activities.

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World AMR Awareness Week 2024: New Antimicrobial Resistance Research

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The rise of drug-resistant infections significantly impacts human and animal health, food production and environmental safety. A growing example of why collective efforts are needed is the rise in infections from Pseudomonas aeruginosa — a multi-drug-resistant bacterium. With treatments for these infections projected to grow from $2.34

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