10 Dec A 6,000-year-old fruit fly gave the world modern cheeses and yoghurts
A paper just published recounts the story of how a chance encounter between a fruit fly and a pail of milk around 5,500 years ago gave us what we now call cheese.
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02 Sep Probing the gluten-free trend: is it all in the mind?
While a tiny number of people have coeliac disease, many others suffer with gluten-related digestive problems. Some researchers believe mass-produced food is to blame. Prominent UK columnist, Joanna Blythman, raises some cogent questions.... [Fascinating read! Ed...]
28 Oct Rise of coeliac disease still a mystery
Two new studies in the New England Journal of Medicine have caused a stir in the world of coeliac research, both proving that scientists have a ways to go in their understanding of coeliac disease, which affects about 1% of the population, whether they know...