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Defending Diabetics: Developing Flavonoid-enriched Foods to Prevent and Treat Diabetes

North Carolina
Human Health & Nutrition
Microbiomes

More than 30 million Americans have diabetes and more than 80 million American adults have prediabetes. Dr. Shengmin Sang is working to determine if there are dietary strategies focused...

Reducing Allergens in Peanuts

North Carolina
Plant Sciences
Human Health & Nutrition

Nearly three million children and adults in the U.S. suffer from peanut allergies and their severe medical consequences. Dr. Jianmei Yu and her colleagues at N.C. State University...

Tracking and Minimizing Foodborne Bacteria With Cutting-edge Technology

North Carolina
Genomics
Pests & Diseases

Dr. Rodolphe Barrangou is using a new technology known as CRISPR, which dramatically speeds up the editing of bacterial genetics, to examine the pathogen’s DNA and determine its origin...