Archives for March 18, 2004

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IFF to hand out $20million in flavours case

Flavours giant International Flavors and Fragrances and subsidiary Bush Boake Allen must pay out $20 million in damages as an American court rules that a US popcorn factory worker sustained harm to his lungs from mixing flavouring oils. With more...

Breakthrough in prion research

A key discovery about how prions - mysterious morsels of protein thought to be the cause of mad cow disease and similar brain disorders - infect healthy cells is being hailed by scientists as a breakthrough in the quest to understand the role of these...