Now they are working on boosting iron levels as well.
Dr. Potrykus said golden rice had received considerable attention, but he considers boosting iron in rice to be even more important.
The impact of refrigeration on the meat-packing industry and nutrition was clear; its role in boosting iron productivity by reducing moisture in blast furnaces, less obvious.
After seeing an initial sevenfold increase, they further purified the mRNA and found a protein, which they named DCT1, that boosted iron uptake 200-fold.
As reported by Jason Simpkins on the Seeking Alpha Web site, December saw China boost iron ore imports 6.2% year-over-year, while copper was up 19.3% and crude oil imports were 11.6% higher.
Depending on what you read, tucking into a juicy steak is either a death sentence or a delicious way to boost your iron levels.
Thousands of women swear by the latest incarnation of the phenomenon: having your placenta encapsulated into easy-to-pop pills that are said to provide an energy boost, restore iron levels, and help breast-milk production.
Susan McDonald, the lead author of the Cochrane review and a professor of midwifery at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, said, "In terms of a healthy start for a baby, one thing we can do by delaying cord clamping is boost their iron stores for a little bit longer".
Mining giant BHP Billiton has boosted its iron ore output by 15% in the three months to 30 June, despite worries over weaker demand from China.
Furthermore, successive decoration with only 0.50 2.0 wt% of K drastically boosted the iron time yield to hydrocarbons (FTY) to 1060 1706 μmol gFe−1 s−1 and the iron time yield to light olefins (FTYole) to 521 1003 μmol gFe−1 s−1.
