ASTA opposes EU proposal to label genetically modified seed
...ashington, DC-There is no scientific rationale for labeling seed or food based on the method used to produce i...roposal to the World Trade Organization to require labeling of genetically modified seed. The EU is calling for "any label or document, official or otherwise, ...ASTA supports U.S. government's efforts to increase consumer confidence in bioengineered foods
...ere is no scientific basis for requiring mandatory labeling on biotech food or seed. "It is critical that tests used to detect the presence of biotech ingredients in seed and food are standardized by an authoritative body, so that sellers and buyers as well as importers and exporters of products without biot...Membrane protein research yields new insight into inner workings of the cell
...lical wheel. Through standard methods of isotopic labeling using bacterial cultures, it is now possible to assign these signals to specific atomic sites in the membrane protein helices. Furthermore, the location of the resonance patterns in the spectrum defines the tilt of the helix within the membrane. In...Healing the brain from the inside out
...with other neurons came from additional anatomical labeling with dyes. Macklis warns that this experiment is merely a first crude step in exploring the pathway of neural regeneration. "Not for a moment would any of us suggest that to repair the brain we want to go around inducing cell death. Rather, it's tha...Supermarket shelf labels help African Americans, others shop healthier, study finds
... signs, books and banners helped explain the shelf labeling program further. vcbIn all, 28 percent of surveye...ar seemed far more than likely to notice the shelf labeling program than those who had not. "Package nutrition labels can be confusing, but this simple color-co...Lead-contaminated calcium supplements pose small but avoidable risk
...Program. "And we hope the industry will respond by labeling their products and finding better raw materials for their supplements." The UF research comes at a time when lead poisoning has been receding as a major public health threat, in large part because of efforts to limit exposure to lead-containing pain...... to move quickly to impose more uniform, mandatory labeling of contents and quantities. In addition, they say,...tory control," Haller said. First, uniform product labeling should be enforced, with all ingredients and stimulant quantities specified in a consistent way from...Agricultural biotechnology hot topic at ASTA corn & sorghum and soybean seed research conferences
...e effect of international policies on biotech food labeling on the domestic marketplace, and the impact on the food industry of the accidental presence of Starlink corn, unapproved for food use, in taco shells....Acid-rain component may be more potent pollutant than previously thought, UB chemists discover
... The team was able to observe this by performing a labeling experiment in which they replaced some of the hydrogens on ethanol with a different form of hydrogen, known as deuterium, allowing them to closely follow the course of the reaction. ...Genomics portends the next revolution in agriculture
... parts company with many in industry by advocating labeling of engineered products and greater public dialogue and education. There is also great danger, he warns, in a potential concentration of power by having the technology held by just a few transnational companies. "The controversy is as much about the ...Mouse gene trap helps decipher brain's wiring diagram
...s by simultaneously mutating genes of interest and labeling the neurons expressing them," added Skarnes. The two laboratories are participating in an effort to develop a bank of mutant mouse lines - accessible at www.genetrap.org -- expressing particular populations of labeled axons as a resource for the n...... estrogens, are already listed as "known" and drug labeling or package inserts discuss the possible side-effects that occur in some people. Wood dust. All three panels, after reviewing the data, unanimously recommended wood dust, produced in furniture and cabinet manufacturing, as a "known" human carcino......ample. Moreover, IDAT does not rely on radioactive labeling and is far less time consuming and cumbersome than existing techniques, all of which would allow for easier use and faster results. Eberwine and Greene worked with colleagues Hong-Tao Zhang, PhD, Janet Estee Kacharmina, and Kevin Miyashiro to develo...Mandatory nutrition labeling reduces high-fat purchases
...t dressings significantly declined after mandatory labeling was instituted, providing evidence that the labels...rition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) mandatory labeling law went into effect in 1994. Prior to the label law, all low-fat salad dressings carried nutrition...Labeling of active compounds in ginseng varies from actual content
... and Eleutherococcuswere analyzed to determine the labeling accuracy of the plant species and their active compounds. Though the supplements were correctly labeled as to plant genus, the concentrations of the main active components varied widely, from 10.8% to 327.7% of the labeled amounts.......stopper, says Hamilton. Although the FDA requires labeling of devices such as medical gloves as containing na... bureau of drugs and, therefore, do not have latex labeling requirements. Latex allergy affects an estimated 1 percent to 6 percent of the general population, 8...Ketek receives marketing approval in Europe
...s in a single marketing authorisation with unified labeling that is immediately valid in all 15 European Union (EU)-Member States. Ketek (800 mg oral dose once daily) has been approved for the treatment of patients 18 years and older for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), mild or moderate; acute exacerbation...SUNY chemist wins national award for fertility research
...nd her group used a technique called photoaffinity labeling to tag and track the surface proteins. They also made small molecules to block various pieces of the binding complex and thus study the pieces one at a time. She said, We now know that fertilin-beta binds to an egg protein called alpha-6 beta-1 integ...New book on warnings can help save lives
... compliance measures. Warning applications include labeling on or accompanying consumer products, signs in industrial workplaces and public spaces, and the potential of voiced warnings. Includes author and subject indexes.......l olfactory neurons were engineered with BL showed labeling throughout the olfactory cortex. A particular surp...ceptors labeled. "We were amazed to find that the labeling was for the most part the same from mouse to mouse," said Buck. "Also, the labeling was bilaterally ...