First Jatropha Genome Completed by Synthetic Genomics Inc. and Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology

...se genomic solutions also allow for more efficient land usage with improved stewardship of the plantation ...ustainable energy feedstocks that grow on marginal land or in more arid climates and that do not compete w...cant acquisitions in Malaysia, thus increasing its land bank from a mere 13,700 hectares in 1980 to nearly...

New Study Suggests Cholesterol-Lowering Statins Reduce Severe Asthma Attacks that Result in Hospitalizations and Emergency Room Visits

...cations of this study are exciting because they point to the potential role statins could play in helping prevent the most serious asthma attacks that land patients in the hospital," said Dr. Robert Epstein, Medco's chief medical officer and one of the study authors. "There has been heightened interest i...

Pew Commission Says Industrial Scale Farm Animal Production Poses 'Unacceptable' Risks to Public Health, Environment

...tities carries excess nutrients and farm chemicals that find their way into waterways, lakes, groundwater, soils and airways. Excess and inappropriate land application of untreated animal waste on cropland contributes to excessive nutrient loading and, ultimately, eutrophication of surface waters. Eutroph...

New CoMotion(R) Trials Software by General Dynamics Enables Rapid, Interactive Sharing of Real-time Data for Clinical Trials

..., Va., employs approximately 83,500 people worldwide and reported 2007 revenues of $27.2 billion. The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies. More information...

Agriculture Department Warns Consumers of Tainted Raw Milk Sold by Lebanon County Dairy

... HARRISBURG, Pa., April 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumers who purchased raw milk from Beulah land Jerseys in Jonestown, Lebanon County, anytime after March 18 should discard it immediately due to the risk of Listeria Monocytogenes contamination, Ag...

Game Commission Announces EHD Confirmed in Fayette County

...t this time. Samples from other locations in the state are still pending and will be reported in future updates. "Our Wildlife Conservation Officers, land Managers and other field staff have been on the look out for evidence of EHD in wild deer," Dr. Cottrell said. "We urge anyone finding dead deer or si...

Rx for Africa, Inc. Now Trading Under New Symbol (RXAF.PK)

...unshine Pharmaceutical), Rx for Africa, Inc. owns and operates a state-of-the art pharmaceutical plant built on twenty three thousand square meters of land located south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Company is currently producing and marketing eight generic products in Ethiopia, with the goal of increasi...