The paper is published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Working with baker's yeast that initially contained none, they developed a new strain containing high levels of punicic ...

Laura Young, MD, is a board-certified OB-GYN. She currently works as a laborist. Yeast infections are not sexually transmitted infections (STIs), but it's possible to transmit one to a partner ...

The potential benefits of Brewer's yeast include treating diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and respiratory ailments such as the common cold and the flu. It is also used in alternative ...

A vaginal yeast infection is caused by an overgrowth of yeast (a type of fungus) in the body. People with diabetes are more prone to getting these infections because their blood sugar levels are often ...

After more than a decade of work, researchers have reached a major milestone in their efforts to re-engineer life in the lab, putting together the final chromosome in a synthetic yeast (Saccharomyces ...

For years, Augusti Ntivuguruzwa struggled to perfect his banana wine in Rwanda. As for many traditional wine-makers in the country, each batch brought uncertainty about whether regulators would ...