They are builders, miners, carpenters and farmers. And despite a mostly undeserved reputation for being a stinging pest, Australian ants do an extraordinary amount of environmental heavy lifting.

Statin is produced by a yeast known as Monascus purpureus. According to Mount Sinai, red yeast rice contains compounds known as monacolins. One of these, monacolin K, shares the same chemical ...

“We’re able to weather that storm.” These red pigments are similar to ones produced by Monascus purpureus, a type of fungus used to make a fermented rice dish that people have consumed for ...

These epidemiologic patterns highlight the limitations of focusing on genetics alone. Although the Human Genome Project greatly expanded our understanding of hereditary contributions to disease ...

The team looked at neutralizing herpes simplex viruses (HSV-1 and HSV-2) and influenza A strains (H1N1 and H3N2) through a clinically loaded chewing gum made with lablab beans (Lablab purpureus).

Red Yeast Rice is a fermented rice product created by culturing white rice with the mold Monascus purpureus. It has been used for centuries in China. Recently, it has been marketed as a supplement ...

The clinical-grade chewy is made from lablab bean powder, ground from the seeds of the Lablab purpureus species, which contain a natural viral trap protein called FRIL. In experiments using a ...

“Controlling transmission of viruses continues to be a major global challenge,” said Daniell in a recent statement. “A broad spectrum antiviral protein (FRIL) present in a natural food product (bean ...

Made from Lablab purpureus, which naturally contain an antiviral trap protein called FRIL, the gum was shown in a study to neutralize two herpes simplex viruses (HSV-1 and HSV-2) and two influenza ...

Laura is an editor and staff writer at IFLScience. She obtained her Master's in Experimental Neuroscience from Imperial College London. A few years ago, at the height of the pandemic, Daniell and ...

They created the gum using lablab beans, also known as Lablab purpureus, which naturally contain a special protein called FRIL. This protein can trap and neutralise viruses. The team found that when ...