Australia
Researcher hopes emu oil may cut bowel cancer
A Perth-based researcher is conducting groundbreaking research to investigate whether emu oil can be taken orally to treat bowel diseases that can lead to the onset of bowel cancer.
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Analysis: Indian elections
Holy cow! Modi’s buffalo stance is based on votes, not religion
“The holiness of the cow is very much linked to the communal overtones of Indian politics,” wrote Indian historian DN Jha, who received death threats following the release of his book, The Myth of the Holy Cow.
RPC to acquire ACE in China
RPC Group will acquire ACE Corporation Holdings Limited for $301m, with the deal expected to be complete by June 2014.
EFSA rejects Naturex and Pharmachem cranberry-UTI claims
Naturex and Pharmachem are the latest cranberry players to be rebuffed by the EU’s central science agency. In the first, it this week failed French botanical giant Naturex's urinary tract infection (UTI) dossier containing a key study it said, “showed no...