Month: September 2013

We tasted them, and you may not miss the 40% fat and 30% calories stripped from the spuds.

By Bill Berkrot (Reuters) – Multiple myeloma research advocates on Tuesday will begin providing open Internet access to genetic and research data on hundreds of patients in hopes of speeding the development of new treatments for the deadly blood cancer. The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation’s (MMRF) Researcher Gateway, a $40 million program funded by the foundation and drug company partners, will give researchers around the world access to information, such as specific patient gene mutations associated with the disease and how patients respond to treatment. …

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s food safety watchdog has launched an investigation into local juice makers after a media report said they used rotten fruit to make their products. The probe includes two branches of the country’s sector leader, China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd. Farmers in several Chinese provinces sold rotten fruit to distributors, which was then bought by canned fruit producers and juice manufacturers to cut costs, the 21st Century Business Herald said in the report on Monday. …