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Genetically modified maize not found in southern Mexico

...r, with millions of tons of GM grain imported each year for processed food and animal feed." In 1998, the Mexican government imposed a six-year moratorium on the release of genetically modified maize in the country. However, farmers in Mexico are allowed to grow genetically engineered crops such as cotto...

Elusive salamanders have role in developing new sampling models

...d others working with rare species. "In the third year of the project, we will be testing our model at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, where flatwoods salamanders are also found," Bevelhimer said. "We expect that the methods we develop will be useful in flatwoods salamander conservation throughout the S...

'Patient-choice' C-section rate rises 36%: HealthGrades study

...rates of "patient-choice" C-sections in the latest year studied, 2003. The rates and percentage increase of the rate from 2001 to 2003 are in the following table: Percent Increase of "Patient-Choice" C-Sections by State(2001 ?2003) State % Increase 2001 2003 National 36.5...

Number Of Babies Born Prematurely Nears Historic Half Million Mark In U.S.

...urity rate was 9.4 in 1981; it has increased every year since then except for slight dips in 1992 and 2000. "Prematurity is the number one killer of newborns. We see from these latest statistics that the prematurity crisis in this country continues to intensify, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina wi...

Fighting malaria by manipulating mosquitoes' sense of smell

...against diseases that kill millions of people each year in the world's poorest countries. It is funded with a $450 million commitment from Gates Foundation, $27.1 from the Wellcome Trust, and $4.5 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The initiative is managed by global health ex...

A New Era Of Hope For Neglected Diseases

... neglected diseases, which kill around 3m people a year and cause the loss of the equivalent of 92m years' of healthy life, there are now over 60 drug research projects underway. In the PLoS Medicine analysis, which is based upon a 100-page report financed by the Wellcome Trust, Mary Moran of the London ...

Purdue researchers find key to rice blast fungus

...t a fungus that deprives about 60 million people a year of food have led Purdue University scientists to discover the molecular machinery that enables the pathogen to blast its way into rice plants. The fungus, Magnaporthe grisea, which is known as rice blast fungus, is the most deadly of the pathogens t...

US/African project deciphers deadly parasite genome

...ever. The disease, which kills a million cattle a year in East and Central Africa, has had a devastating impact on rural areas ?such as Maasai tribal communities in Kenya ?where cattle play a crucial role in the local society and economies. The fever is caused by the parasite Theileria parva, whose genom...

Costly breeding programs for endangered species pay off

...s. Worldwide, zoos spend millions of dollars each year transporting rare animals thousands of miles in order to breed them with their most distantly related relatives. Some have questioned the need for such programs, which can stress rare animals, even to the point of death. Rice's results, which are av...

Continued reduction in the number of drug-related deaths in the UK

...ontains information on drug-related deaths for the year 2004 reported by Coroners and Procurators Fiscal in the UK and Islands (Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man). The figures for 2004 do not include information for Northern Ireland. Main findings are: The majority of deaths were of males (72 per cent) ...

On a wing and a prayer - Alaska researchers seek clues to bird flu

...sease transmission. For instance, does the time of year when birds nest, fledge, stage, migrate, or interact with young birds affect transmission?" The cloacal samples will be screened for the avian influenza virus, positive samples will be identified and sent to The Institute of Genomic Research (TIGR) ...

NCAR analysis shows widespread pollution from 2004 wildfires

... the team is continuing to look at data taken last year at observing stations as far away as the Azores in order to track the movement of carbon monoxide and ozone from the wildfires. As a follow-up, she and other scientists plan to use a similar combination of observations, modeling, and numerical techni...

California computer scientists double volume of data in NIH biotech repository

...pMap: 110 million genotypes published earlier this year by a consortium led by Perlegen Sciences. "The speed with which we are able to compute the entire dbSNP database of genotypes is a combination of the speed of our algorithm and the computational resources that allowed us to do it so quickly," expl...

U-M scientists say fused genes trigger the development of prostate cancer

...pMap: 110 million genotypes published earlier this year by a consortium led by Perlegen Sciences. "The speed with which we are able to compute the entire dbSNP database of genotypes is a combination of the speed of our algorithm and the computational resources that allowed us to do it so quickly," expl...

Method slashes quantum dot costs by 80 percent

...ted to undertake some exploratory work more than a year ago on the scale-up issues of quantum dot manufacture, but the solvents turned out to be so expensive that we just couldn't afford to run more than a few large-reactor experiments," said the study's lead author, Michael Wong, assistant professor of c...

The right drug at the right time

...ted to undertake some exploratory work more than a year ago on the scale-up issues of quantum dot manufacture, but the solvents turned out to be so expensive that we just couldn't afford to run more than a few large-reactor experiments," said the study's lead author, Michael Wong, assistant professor of c...

Modifications render carbon nanotubes nontoxic

... the level of 20 parts per billion identified last year for undecorated buckyballs. The modified nanotubes were non-cytotoxic. While cell death did increase with dose concentration, cell death never exceeded 50 percent for these compounds, which were each tested to a level of 2,000 parts per million. Jus...

Hope for Alzheimer's blossoms

...h the science of developing crops more than once a year and helping growers to assess when the best time to harvest the crop. Frank Marsh, Marketing Director, The Manufacturing Engineering Centre said: "Galanthamine has major investment potential. Furthermore, the potential for Welsh hill farms is huge. ...

Gene therapy reverses genetic mutation responsible for heart failure in muscular dystrophy

...s were able to express the normal protein almost a year later. There were dramatic biochemical and structural improvements in muscle cells in both groups as well. This was accompanied by markedly improved skeletal and cardiac muscle functions. Indeed, the newborn-treated hamsters had completely normal he...

Oldest dated evidence of cattle in southern Africa found

...is part of the Kalahari. The discovery of the 2000 year old cow and sheep bones are important because of the long held view that the Kalahari was a comparatively isolated area that was primarily occupied by foraging peoples until recently. The findings, to be published in the August/October issue of Curr...

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