ASPB opposes proposed ban of GMOs in Humboldt county ballot measure M
...is a nucleic acid and not a complex protein. This flawed definition in itself may make the proposed ordinan...Humboldt County to vote "No" on Measure M, a badly flawed proposed ordinance that will harm future study and farming using modern applications of biotechnolog...Other highlights in the February 16 JNCI
...ments in many of the "-omics" fields and may cause flawed results and inflated expectations. "To address such threats and to realize the potential of new -omics technology will require application of appropriate rules of evidence in the design, conduct, and interpretation of clinical research about molecula...Ecosystems, economic choices and human well-being
.... "We are prepared to spend vast sums of money on flawed agricultural subsidies such as the European Common Agricultural Policy - now we need to make substantial investments in real, workable schemes that willensure the natural world is sustained. This report shows us how we can do it." --Dr Michael Rands,...Tobacco industry weakened pesticide regulations, UCSF study shows
...that PM experts knew that the test methodology was flawed and the results would show no emissions problems. The PM employee wrote, "...the test plan and methods will provide, literally, no information, so it won't hurt us to do it." A coalition of phosphine users, including tobacco companies, hired Sciences......and destroys the RNA before it can be used to make flawed proteins. Andreas Kulozik and Matthias Hentze, who jointly run the MMPU, have now discovered that the EJC can be put together from different components, and this influences how the cell recognizes and deals with defects. "Previously it was believed t...Wildlife professor updates 'best available science' on Florida panther
...P, Vaughan M, Conroy M, Quigley H. "Deconstructing flawed scientific inferences about the Florida panther.")...gospel once it was published, and [therefore] this flawed research keeps being cited." The idea of reviewing research on the Florida panther was first broug...Effects of nutrition on learning
...ral development, leading to lower IQ in humans and flawed song learning in birds. Recent evidence indicates that many organisms can offset some of the changes associated with early poor nutrition by modifying their physical development. For example, poorly nourished children can undergo a period of accelera...Study identifies molecular process underlying leukemia
...archers showed how a fusion of proteins created by flawed chromosomes can trigger leukemia development. The study also identified an enzyme's important role in this process. The results were published online Aug. 20 and will appear in a future print issue of the journal Nature Cell Biology. The research w...Experimental cancer drugs counter muscle deterioration seen in muscular dystrophy
... at correcting the devastating effects of a single flawed gene," said Puri. "This is a significant advance over the use of steroids--currently the only treatment available--which offers palliative relief, often with severe side effects." "These exciting results, while encouraging, will require extensive in...Some key laboratory breast cancer cell lines are, indeed, good models for the 'real' disease
...hat this method of collection carried with it some flawed assumptions, such as the notion that because the cells had come from a tumor that had metastasized, they were also equally capable of spreading. "We now know that is not accurate," he said. "Cancer cells may metastasize as clumps, but not all the c...Committee review of stem-cell fraud finds editors followed all rules
...sky submissions might help deter the submission of flawed or intentionally deceptive work, they said. The committee also proposed audits to ensure proper handling of selected papers, as well as others chosen at random. The journal further was urged to reevaluate policies concerning the treatment of digital...Mutant mouse provides insights into breast cancer
...in both humans and mice that increases the rate of flawed copies of genetic material, leading to mouse breast cancers. In a paper published in Nature Genetics online (and upcoming in the Dec. 27 print issue), the Cornell geneticists report that by extensively testing hundreds of mice pedigrees, they found a...Duke geologist's book assails unrealistic mathematical models
...ong-term behavior, according to the authors. Those flawed models, they write, predict a questionable 10,000 years of certainty that natural processes will not cause the repository to leak radiation. "Of all the examples of quantitative models that I looked at, the worst is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...AAAS honors defenders of evolution with Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award
...nts of intelligent design promote some of the same flawed arguments as previous critics of evolution, including the notion that evolution is a "theory in crisis." In fact, researchers say, the theory is based on more than a century of solid science, and forms the bedrock of modern biology and geology. Far ...'Ten Commandments' could improve fisheries management
...eld," which has been in place for decades, to be a flawed concept. A better approach is careful monitoring of catch characteristics to assess whether fish stocks are being sustained. Among the other commandments: Maintain an "old growth" structure in fish populations, since big, old, fat, female fish hav...The global carbon budget -- proper accounting means paying attention to inland waters
...udgets that are based on the passive pipe view are flawed because in-system transformations fall off the balance sheets. Even if models were adjusted to embrace a more dynamic view of river inputs, they would need further amending to include the true range of inland waters. Take, for instance, the role p...Not so contoversial anymore -- panel says moderate coffee drinking reduces many risks
...ntroversy with regard to colon cancer was based on flawed analyses, she says. More thorough analyses and the accumulation of evidence suggest no negative effect on the incidence of colon cancer, and possible protective effects for adenomas of the colon as well as for rectal cancer and liver cancer. Mechani......y, current democratic processes seem too slow, too flawed and too compromised in the face of the scale and pace of the threat emerging." Wells himself has had personal involvement in the sustainability process for fifteen years and suggests that, "It still feels as though we are collectively not prepared ......, or PKD, arises from genetic mutations that cause flawed kidney-cell ciliary signaling. PKD is the most common serious hereditary disease, affecting more than 600,000 Americans and 12.5 million people worldwide. In this incurable syndrome, patients develop numerous, fluid-filled cysts on the kidneys. F...