As we enter the year 2014, I am sure many of you have established personal or business-related goals for the coming year. I know the whole New Year's Resolutions issue can be very exciting to some as we set such lofty goals as weight loss, ...
Tags: Beef Industry, Food
Roughly 40 percent of all medications act on cells' G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). One of these receptors, beta 2 adrenergic receptor site (B2AR), naturally transforms between two base configurations; knowing the precise location of ...
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A vaccine normally used to thwart the respiratory illness tuberculosis also might help prevent the development of multiple sclerosis, a disease of the central nervous system, a new study suggests. In people who had a first episode of ...
A certain type of diabetes drug may lower cancer risk in women with type 2 diabetes by up to one-third, while another type may increase the risk, according to a new study. Cleveland Clinic researchers analyzed data from more than 25,600 ...
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Cattle in packing plants are showing signs of lameness, sprouting welfare issues around beta-agonist intake. This issue was first brought to attention when Lilly Edwards-Calloway from JBS showed a video of lame, stiff-gaited cattle at the ...
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NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks, ...
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When the people from the drug company came out to visit Tyler Karney at Ordway Feedyard here on Colorado’s eastern plains, he was a little skeptical. They said their product, Zilmax, could put another 30 pounds on an animal in the ...
Taiwan’s love for American beef is evident by the growth in exports to the Asian island nation this year, and U. S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF)-Taiwan’s team, contractor to the Beef Checkoff Program, is exploring new channels ...
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The USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) and Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) released the latest beef trade data last week. The data for October, the latest month available, showed beef and veal exports up 5.4% over last year with the ...
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UK-based label printing firm Sturdy Labels has purchased an Edale eight colour UV dual servo FL-3 machine at their Skelmersdale factoy in the UK. The machine, measuring 350mm in width, features an array of additional options including ...
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Genzyme, a Sanofi company, has obtained an approval from Health Canada for its Lemtrada (alemtuzumab) for the treatment of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Health Canada has approved Lemtrada for the management of adult ...
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), a trade association comprised of brands, retailers, manufacturers, government and non-governmental organizations and academic experts, and representing more than a third of the global apparel and ...
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The combination of tomato, olive oil, garlic and onion in a sofrito increases the amount of polyphenols and carotenoids, which are bioactive compounds that may help to prevent cardiovascular diseases and cancer, according to new research ...
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The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) announced that members selling or distributing products can now obtain free an unlimited number of Product Data exports from the SEMA Data Co-op (SDC). The savings, available to any SEMA ...
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Car design can tangibly evoke a powerful emotional reaction in humans, particularly men, according to a new study by Volvo. Conducted in collaboration with London-based electroencephalograph (EEG) neurofeedback specialists Myndplay, the ...
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