ASPB opposes ban of GE crops in Butte County Ballot Measure D
...f the developing world. This enhanced Golden Rice promises to prevent millions of cases of blindness among children of poor nations and help avert many childhood deaths. The progress of science using modern technologies, such as biotechnology, is leading to genetically engineered foods that will be safer, m...ASPB opposes proposed ban of GMOs in Humboldt county ballot measure M
...ple in much of the developing world. Golden rice promises to prevent millions of cases of blindness among children of poor nations and help avert many childhood deaths. The benefits that genetic modification of foods offer to the people throughout the world are substantial. The Food and Agriculture Orga...New genomic method can identify disease-causing genes
...putational genetic analysis from Roche scientists, promises to accelerate markedly the discovery of mouse correlates of genetic risk factors for human disease. The new approach enables researchers to identify a single causative genetic factor by correlating a pattern of observable physiological or pathologica...Research to explore revolutionary gene sequencing: Threading the molecular needle
...ular biologists to sequence the human genetic code promises to usher in a new era of genetic medicine, but that doesn't mean current science can accurately read your personal genetic code. The sequencing of the DNA comprising the code is still far too slow, costly and inaccurate to allow the kind of accurate ...In a tiny squid, bacterial toxin governs organ development
...ood or bad - depending on its biological context - promises to rattle long-held perceptions of microbes and their role as pathogens. The new work, funded by the National Institutes of Health, was reported this week (Nov. 12) in the journal Science. That the same toxic molecule produced by d...Study in Royal Society journal on first evidence for magnetic field detection in sharks
... diversity and distribution of mammals. The future promises studies of DNA in polar caps, deep earth environments and even on Mars and other planets. Contact: Professor Alan Cooper, Henry Wellcome Ancient Biomolecules Centre, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OXFORD, OX1 3PS Escalation and trophic spec...Lilly Endowment gives Indiana University $53 million for life sciences
...rmation to use, metabolomics and cytomics research promises to answer key questions about cancer and other diseases, leading to faster diagnoses and more effective treatments. "IU is poised to establish international intellectual leadership in these new areas of life sciences research," Herbert said. "We at ...TWAS, illycaff launch Trieste Science prize
...g outstanding scientists from developing countries promises to bestow prestige and visibility to deserving researchers living and working in the South. TWAS, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, and illycaff, one of the world's premier coffee producers, have launched the Trieste Science Prize. Th...New technique for tracking gene regulators
...in that binds to specific sequences in the DNA and promises to be a very useful tool," says Dunn....Scientists decipher genome of fungus that can cause life-threatening infections
...ison of the genomes of the three divergent species promises to reveal in detail the molecular determinants of virulence....Molecular probes for biology research and drug discovery
...tal biomedical research. In addition, the approach promises to have a higher efficiency in the search for lead...like beans and rice is known. However, to make the promises of the genetics research reality, it is required that biology and chemistry form an alliance", says ...UCLA researchers detail the evolution of quantum dot imaging in the journal Science
... believe this powerful and far-reaching technology promises further advances in the near future. "Nanobiotechnology is a very demanding field, since many areas of expertise have to be brought to bear," said Fraser Stoddart, CNSI director. "This new partnership allows scientists from different disciplines to j...Fourth Stowers researcher awarded Basil O'Connor Award
...two years supports junior investigators whose work promises insight into the causes of human birth defects. Dr. Li is the fourth Stowers researcher to receive the award. "We are delighted that Dr. Li has been awarded the Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award," said William Neaves, Ph.D., Presid...Gene therapy for Parkinson's disease moves forward in animals
...erative medicine approaches, including stem cells, promises to have a place for both protection and repair in Parkinson's disease," said Dennis Steindler, Ph.D., director of the McKnight Brain Institute and a professor of neuroscience. "It is important to appropriately introduce the GDNF into the Parkinson's ...From Mars to Maryland: 2005 AAAS Annual Meeting spotlights
...-- America's largest general science conference -- promises breaking-news headlines on a wide range of topics,..." This year, Leshner added: "The 2005 Meeting also promises the latest updates from the Cassini-Huygens space probes, from deep-sea explorations, and from cutti......labia are fused together. "The U.S. Constitution promises equality, rights and benefits for all citizens," Becker noted. "But, as the Constitution is structured and interpreted, individuals who do not meet the binary definition for male versus female don't have the same benefits and aren't completely protec...The world's smallest synchrotron, MIRRORCLE-6X, now commercially available
...e World's smallest synchrotron. Continued research promises to boost MIRRORCLE-6X output to even higher levels of performance. In a world where "bigger" is usually associated with better, MIRROCLE-6X proves that good things come in small packages....Urgent measures needed to retain our lead in pharmaceuticals
...Carlos Novas, London School of Economics feels the promises of biotech developments have been over-promoted. "Given the media hype about the expectation of treatments for hereditary illnesses in the near future, biotechnology firms are now educating the public and patients about what they can realistically ex...TGen and Kronos initiate Alzheimer's disease study
...een Kronos and TGen represents a partnership which promises to greatly improve our understanding of the genetic causes of Alzheimer's disease so we may diagnose it early and develop knowledge-based therapies." Kronos Science Laboratories will have an exclusive worldwide license to all intellectual property th...Consortium to create comprehensive tools for uncovering the functions of human, mouse genes
...pleased to be a part of the RNAi Consortium, as it promises to be a highly important resource for the scientific research community," said Elliott Sigal, chief scientific officer and president of the Pharmaceutical Research Institute of Bristol-Myers Squibb. "We believe that the outputs of the consortium will...