A recent study by researchers at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center took them to a not-so-likely destination: local farmers markets. They went in search of fresh ginger root.
Caption: Dr. Didier Merlin (front row, center) and colleagues with the Atlanta VA Medical Center and the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University are exploring the use of edible ginger-derived nanoparticles to treat inflammatory bowel disease. Credit: Lisa Pessin. Image sourced from EARI Media. Available at: https://earimediaprodweb.azurewebsites.net/Api/v1/Multimedia/027a5e55-acd2-4f7a-a7ff-622c2291a70f/Rendition/low-res/Content/Public