Insights and Stories of Kate Kelland

Dec. 12, 2013 at 5:52 am CST

Scientists have found that a mutation in a new strain of bird flu infecting people in China can render it resistant to a key first-line treatment drug without limiting its ability to spread in mammals. The discovery means that unlike seasonal flu strains, which often become less transmissible when they […]

By Kate Kelland

Dec. 2, 2013 at 3:37 pm CST

The publisher of a controversial and much-criticized study suggesting genetically modified corn caused tumours in rats has withdrawn the paper after a year-long investigation found it did not meet scientific standards. Reed Elsevier’s Food and Chemical Toxicology (FCT) journal, which published the study by the French researcher Gilles-Eric Seralini in […]

By Kate Kelland

Aug. 7, 2013 at 5:25 pm CDT

The first scientific analysis of probable human-to-human transmission of a deadly new strain of bird flu that emerged in China this year gives the strongest evidence yet that the H7N9 virus can pass between people, scientists said on Wednesday. Research published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) analyzing a family […]

By Kate Kelland

Aug. 6, 2013 at 5:20 pm CDT

A corner of west London saw culinary and scientific history made Monday when scientists cooked and served the world’s first lab-grown beef burger. The in-vitro burger, cultured from cattle stem cells, the first example of what its creator says could provide an answer to global food shortages and help combat […]

By Kate Kelland

May. 1, 2013 at 8:40 pm CDT

A new strain of bird flu causing a deadly outbreak among people in China is a threat to world health and should be taken seriously, scientists said Wednesday. The H7N9 strain has killed 24 people and infected more than 125, according to the Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO), which has […]

By Kate Kelland