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Amid the current volatile macroeconomic environment, preparing for shifts in supply chains is essential for any industry. For nutrition, this means ensuring that people can still access healthy and nutritious foods during uncertain times, drive innovations in transforming technologies, and prioritize environmental sustainability. At the MISTA Growth Hack event held in October in San Francisco, California, US, Nutrition Insight sat down with Kim Olofsson, global head of R&D at AAK, to discuss the company’s role in collaborations and the importance of thinking ahead.  Looking at overall trends in food innovation that will persist in the coming years, Olofsson said two…

Credit: magicmine/Getty Images Japanese researchers have developed a novel technique using balloon dilation that allows bronchoscopes to pass deeper into the lungs, improving diagnostic sensitivity for small peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs). The balloon dilatation for bronchoscope delivery (BDBD) technique “may challenge the conventional belief that bronchoscopes cannot reach the peripheral lung field, introducing a new strategy to improve diagnostic yield,” write Kotaro Miyake, MD, PhD, a professor in the Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology at Osaka University in Japan, and co-authors in Thorax. They explain that although endoscopic biopsy is highly effective for pulmonary lesions exposed within the…

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LnNPs consist of an inorganic insulating host, typically fluorides or oxides such as NaGd/Y/LuF4 with a large energy gap of approximately 8 eV (ref. 6), with lanthanide ions embedded in the host lattice. LnNPs have high photo and chemical stability in various environments and have narrow and tunable emission in the NIR-II range (1,000–1,700 nm). This is in contrast to semiconductor-based systems, such as NIR-II emissive organic dyes or semiconducting colloidal quantum dots (QDs), which show broad emission spectra in this region owing to homogeneous broadening. This has motivated research into the application of LnNPs in stimulated-emission depletion microscopy7, deep-tissue theranostics4,8,9,10, sensing11 and…

Turkey is a good source of high-quality protein, which supports your muscles, cells, and other functions in the body.It’s rich in essential vitamins and minerals that support your immune system, energy production, mood and more.Turkey is versatile. It is delicious on sandwiches, in soups, atop salads and more. I eat a relatively wide variety of foods, but I’ve got some staples that always seem to fall into my cart at the grocery store. They’re foods I enjoy often not just because I like the way they taste, but because they offer plenty of nutrition. One of those foods is turkey.…

In this paper by Sun and colleagues (BMJ 2023;380:e074224, doi:10.1136/bmj-2022-074224, published 8 March 2023), a study (Young et al 2022) was mistakenly included in the depression symptoms subgroup meta-analysis for people with pre-existing medical conditions The analyses have been updated accordingly, with minimal changes to the estimates reported in the original publication. Corrections have been made to table 1, supplementary table 5, and supplementary figures 3i, 3l, and 3m.

Despite its reputation, cheese is rich in nutrition and can be part of a healthy diet.Trader Joe’s offers a variety of soft, semi-hard and hard cheeses, making it easy to shop for any occasion.From their award-winning Unexpected Cheddar Cheese to their classic Brie, you won’t be disappointed. Cheese is a staple in many diets, and despite its impressive nutrition profile, it sometimes gets a bad reputation as “unhealthy.” However, in moderation, cheese can absolutely fit into a balanced diet. Plus, with so many types of cheese, there’s truly something for everyone.     “Other than [being] delicious, cheese is high in protein,…

Typically, bone marrow research relies heavily on animal models and oversimplified cell cultures in the laboratory. Now, researchers from the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel have developed a realistic model of bone marrow engineered entirely from human cells. Derived using human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) and macro-scale porous hydroxyapatite scaffolds, the engineered vascularized osteoblastic niche (eVON) model may become a valuable tool not only for blood cancer research, but also for drug testing and potentially for personalized therapies. The researchers suggest the novel system could reduce the need for animal experiments for…

Anyone dressing for winter needs a classic duck boot, and you can’t get more classic than these. Handmade in Maine, the Bean Boots are iconic, constructed from high-quality leather, with durable triple stitching and a waterproof rubber bottom. Rain, sleet, snow, or mud, they’re charming, they’re functional, and they only get better with time. Every closet needs a pair.

As part of her work on the Inuksiutit project, Jessica Penney travelled to Mittimatalik, a community in the northern part of Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada.Credit: Peter LooversAs a sociologist and an Inuk who was raised in Canada’s northernmost city — Iqaluit in the territory of Nunavut — Jessica Penney has spent much of her professional career studying the country’s Inuit communities. During this time, she has seen growing threats to the food security, cultural practices and mental health of the Inuit and other northern Indigenous peoples. Inspired by her community connection with the people of Nunavut, Penney studies Inuit…