Passage of GMO ban in San Luis Obispo would encourage use of harsh pesticides
...ically engineered cotton eliminated the use of 156 million pounds of pesticides in 2001. This reduction of 156 million pounds of pesticides in China is approximately equal to the entire amount of pesticides used annuall......shed natural beauty and vibrant culture that draws million of visitors and an increasing number of new residents. Welcoming new people brings new opportunities for economic development and the resulting pressures upon the landscape and its residents. Maintaining quality of life amid these pressures is depend...International human genome sequencing consortium describes finished human genome sequence
...e average DNA letter now sits on a stretch of 38.5 million base pairs of uninterrupted, high-quality sequence...nnovation and structural change during the last 40 million years, presumably contributing to unique characteristics that separate us from our non-human primate...DFG research training groups become increasingly international
...nal. In 2004 the DFG is providing approximately 70 million euros in funding for Research Training Groups. In the newly established International Research Training Group "Economic Behavior and Interaction Models" at the University of Bielefeld and the University of Paris Panthon Sorbonne, researchers are stu...For inferring the biological tree of life, simple is better
...ormone receptor - which last existed more than 600 million years ago - in the laboratory and expressed it in cultured cells to understand its function, work that was published in the journal Science. He also is an expert in environmental health and policy. He is the author of "Pandora's Poison: Chlorine, Hea...ENCODE consortium publishes scientific strategy
...ion. Also today, NHGRI announced the award of $5.5 million in technology development grants to provide new to...r about 1 percent of the human genome, or about 30 million base pairs. The target regions were strategically selected to provide a representative cross section...Clues to improving TB treatment
...rculosis bacterium and the disease kills about two million people worldwide each year. About 50 million people are infected with the multidrug resistant tuberculosis strain, which has proved especially de...Ancient sea spider fossils discovered in volcanic ash
...sed and preserved sea life in the Silurian age 425 million years ago near Herefordshire, UK has yielded fossi...presents the earliest known adult sea spider by 35 million years. Its large pincers place the sea spiders firmly within a larger grouping that includes scorpio...NIH funds new bioinformatics resources at UT Southwestern
...and Infectious Disease, part of the NIH, with $8.7 million designated for UT Southwestern. The contracts will create separate bioinformatics resources the BioHealthBase Bioinformatics Resource Center for Biodefense and Emerging/Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, and the Immunology Database and Analysis Port...Genetics play role in response to most common asthma drug
... treatment, although not with placebo. Of the 15 million Americans who have asthma, about 1 out of 6 (more than 2 million) have the arginine genotype. Moreover, the arginine genotype is more prevalent in certain ethnic groups, such as African Americans. Currently, tests to determine this genotype are onl...Study demonstrates Cenestin reduces sleep disturbances/night sweats in post-menopausal women
...o sleep better," said Dr. Scharf. More than 1.5 million women each year enter menopause in the United States alone(i). Sleep disruptions are common among menopausal women, with more than one third of menopausal/post-menopausal women reporting nocturnal hot flashes as a reason for sleep difficulty(ii). ...Pesticides may promote Parkinson's disease and exercise may offer protection
...nd disabling brain disorder, which affects about 1 million people in the United States. Knowledge of the environmental factors and genetics of this illness has allowed investigators to create models of disease that are being used to examine potential causes of neuron disease and to test experimental therapeu...New center to map DNA of key lab mice
...e of Environmental Health Sciences will invest $13 million to map the DNA of 15 mouse strains important to laboratory research on human health. This initiative, called the "Resequencing Project" will launch the Institute's Center for Rodent Genetics. The Center for Rodent Genetics is an extension of the In...Bug's-eye-view of urinary tract reveals E.coli infection genes
...ections, which are the cause of an estimated eight million physician visits in the United States each year. Nearly half of all American women have had at least one urinary tract infection, and know all too well how incapacitating and difficult to treat they can be. "Even though Escherichia coli's genome was ...Medical informatics project targets ovarian, breast cancers
... University of Missouri have begun a five-year, $8 million project that will help doctors better understand the damage caused by breast and ovarian cancers. Funded by the National Cancer Institute, the project will bring together clinical and basic science cancer researchers at the IU School of Medicine and ...Emory study details dolphin brain evolution for the first time
...hanged in dolphins and their relatives the past 47 million years, and helps to provide some answers to how th...in size relative to body size in cetaceans over 47 million years. They found that encephalization level increased significantly in two critical phases in the e...Passage of Marin County GMO ban would encourage widespread use of harsh pesticides
...ically engineered cotton eliminated the use of 156 million pounds of pesticides in 2001. This reduction of 156 million pounds of pesticides in China is approximately equal to the entire amount of pesticides used annuall...Immune system in a bottle could help prevent flu vaccine shortage
...nded a consortium of research institutions for $10 million to grow the immune system in a bottle. Scientists can study the artificial immune system to see how it reacts to biological hazards and their countermeasures, and use the data to make more effective countermeasures, said Jan Walker, DARPA spokesman....Government development policies, not communities, main threat to forest conservation projects
...nce March, 2002, Peru has auctioned off almost 7.5 million hectares of forest in private logging concessions, in a system that excludes local communities and threatens their lands. Currently, this is the main threat to forest conservation, and reflects a global trend towards privatisation of forests for com...Study: Inadequate physical activity worsens as teenagers become adults
... "In a sample originally representing more than 20 million school-aged youth, we found that only 36 percent a... estimates, were that: An average of more than 12 million adolescents did not achieve five or more sessions of moderate to vigorous physical activity a week. ...