I have been trying to steer away from bad science news in an effort to safeguard my stomach lining. However, I completely failed a couple of weeks ago when an especially improbably headline struck me. According to the Daily Mail, eating broccoli-based yogurt (?!) could curb the rise of bowel cancer. I couldn’t help but investigate.
The Mail article refers to an (excellent) 2017 Nature Biomedical Engineering paper which contains some truly ground-breaking work in the field of cancer prevention. Researchers from the University Of Singapore engineered a strain of bacteria that is usually present in the human gut (part of
ScienceBlog.com has no paywalls, no sponsored content, and no agenda beyond getting the science right. Every story here is written to inform, not to impress an advertiser or push a point of view.
Good science journalism takes time — reading the papers, checking the claims, finding researchers who can put findings in context. We do that work because we think it matters.
If you find this site useful, consider supporting it with a donation. Even a few dollars a month helps keep the coverage independent and free for everyone.