Common Preservative in Food May Help Schizophrenia Therapy

Toss around the word preservative these days, and you’re sure to get a look of detestation from a fair number of people. The much-maligned molecules have come under intense scrutiny in recent years as contributing factors to a host of medical issues—often with scant scientific evidence to support even casual links. Yet now, researchers at the China Medical University in Taiwan may have just stumbled upon a new use for the common food preservative sodium benzoate in treating schizophr