As the opioid epidemic continues to claim lives, UC Irvine researchers have identified a plant extract that may help fight opiate addiction. The COVID-19 pandemic has further worsened the opioid ...

In Brazil, researchers from the Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD), the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), and ...

The recent outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen, has put a large burden on the healthcare systems of many countries globally. Although about 80% of ...

In the first posting of this two-part blog, we described how plants and animals engaged in a coevolutionary process, in which each developed defensive measures against the other, in a cyclic manner (1 ...

Researchers are increasingly looking to a specific plant-derived fiber supplement as a potential ally against the memory loss that defines Alzheimer’s disease, framing it as a “miracle” candidate ...

The agribusiness giant ADM has agreed to buy Brazil’s Yerbalatina, a maker of plant-based extracts and ingredients. ADM says the deal will expand offerings in its health and wellness segment, which ...

Research from Israel has illustrated pure CBD wasn’t as effective as at alleviating pain as extracts from the flowers of a high CBD strain. The extract from the high CBD strain contained 17.9 percent ...

In 2017, Gavin Stonehouse, a graduate student in plant biology at Colorado State University, started cultivating hemp plants in a special soil mixture dosed with varying levels of selenium. A mineral ...

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