Many of today’s drugs come from vast libraries of synthetic compounds built by chemists for big pharma. This drug development method is a far cry from the days of identifying drugs from nature, but ...

While food has long been known to influence and improve human health, recent scientific advances and nutritional innovations in food product development have aided the development of designer foods ...

Marine organisms and their microbial symbionts are invaluable sources of new medicines for human diseases. Natural products from the sea have four times higher potential to become medicines than any ...

Study finds pigmented japonica rice like black and green varieties contain bioactive lipids and show slower starch digestion ...

Shandong researchers suggest that edible and medicinal fungi contain bioactive components with therapeutic potential for central nervous system (CNS) diseases. Findings offer evidence for the ...

Bone defects are a major challenge in regenerative medicine, often requiring advanced biomaterials to enhance the natural healing process. Traditional bone repair methods, including bone grafts, face ...

A team of researchers from Japan has demonstrated a light-based reaction that yields high numbers of the base chemical component required to produce bioactive compounds used in common industry ...