Natto latest weapon in war on bird flu
The Yomiuri Shimbun
A Shizuoka University professor said Tuesday his research team and Yamasa Corp. jointly developed a simple and inexpensive method to monitor genetic mutations in bird flu viruses by using natto--fermented soybeans.
Prof. Takashi Suzuki at the university's School of Pharmaceutical Sciences said that his team, the seasoning maker and other partners jointly developed the method to detect signals of the viruses' mutation into potentially new forms that could be transmited from human to human...more...
