Could Plants Be Engineered To Produce More Vitamin C? (Science Daily) Scientists have identified a crucial enzyme in plant vitamin C synthesis, which could lead to enhanced crops. The discovery now makes clear the entire 10-step process by which plants convert glucose into vitamin C, an important antioxidant in nature. [News Source]

Vitamin Shoppe files for IPO (Sharewatch) The company, which will be renamed Vitamin Shoppe Inc. at the time of the offering, has not determined the number of shares to be offered or an expected price range. [News Source]

Vitamin Shoppe Files for IPO (AP via Yahoo! Finance) The parent of vitamin and supplement retailer Vitamin Shoppe Inc., VS Holdings Inc., plans an initial public offering of up to $150 million in common stock, according to a filing Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [News Source]

Plants that produce more vitamin C may result from UCLA-Dartmouth discovery (EurekAlert!) UCLA and Dartmouth scientists have identified a crucial enzyme in plant vitamin C synthesis, which could lead to enhanced crops. The discovery now makes clear the entire 10-step process by which plants convert glucose into vitamin C, an important antioxidant in nature. [News Source]

Diabetes pill tied to heart risks. A widely used diabetes pill raises the risk of heart attacks and possibly death, according to a scientific analysis that reveals what some experts are calling another Vioxx-like example of the government failing to protect the public from an unsafe drug. [News Source]

Longtime beekeeper sticks with hives. Scientifically speaking, it's called colony collapse disorder, but to beekeepers, and to Americans who rely on pollination to deliver foods, what it means is that bees are leaving for work one day and never coming back. [News Source]

The ultimate garbage disposal. What could be better than a power station that eats up dirty landfill and churns out clean electricity? [News Source]

Farmers looking for a lift from ‘ethanol effect’. Agricultural economists call it the ethanol effect: an increase in world maize prices based on an increase in the demand for energy, which they say will ensure the future of agriculture in SA. [News Source]

Pumping iron modifies genes, study suggests. Weight training can make old muscles new again – down to the genetic level – a study of seniors out of Hamilton's McMaster University suggests. [News Source]

Hungry fungi chomp on radiation. From plastic to asbestos, fungi will eat just about anything. Now researchers have found another dish in the fungal diet: radiation. Not radioactive compounds, which have long been known to be on the menu--radiation itself. [News Source]

Britney Spears gets emergency vitamin injection before concert (Moldova.org) Britney Spears had an emergency vitamin injection before her concert at Miami's Mansion club on Sunday night, reveals BANG showbiz. The 'Toxic' singer had a desperate craving for a shot of vitamins before performing to the sell-out crowd, and managed to find a doctor to administer the injection just in time. A source told the New York Daily News newspaper, "She was calling around for a doctor to ... [News Source]

The ABC’s of vitamins (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) Vitamins — a sound investment in your health, a waste of money or even potentially hazardous? [News Source]