Microchip saves rare turtle from soup-pot
...rnational borders to resolve specific trans-border trade cases", says Doug Hendrie, the Asian turtle coordinator for WCS and Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. "In this case, a very important turtle has returned home." Once considered the exclusive property of Cambodia's Royal Family, the mangrove turtle is listed...UK science helps farmers in Africa and India
... world's attention is focused on issues of aid and trade in developing countries, UK researchers have shown how science can improve the lives of farmers in Africa and Asia. Genetic research at a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) sponsored institute has been used by Indian resea...Controlling wildlife trade key to preventing health crises, study says
...hange--are as immediately manageable as the global trade in wildlife," said Dr. William Karesh, lead author...es also consume the waste and remnants of infected trade animals providing further opportunity for cross-species transmission. Since 1980, at least 35 new i...Doctors announce lawsuits against major food companies
...he nation's largest food companies and major dairy trade groups that claim that milk and other dairy products facilitate weight loss. WHO: T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D.: Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University. He is the nationally recognized director of the C...NASA satellite data capture a big climate effect on tiny ocean life
...itions, the opposite effect occurs as the easterly trade winds pick up and upwelling intensifies, bringing nutrients to the surface waters, which fuels phytoplankton growth. Sometimes, the growth can take place quickly, developing into what scientists call phytoplankton "blooms." Using a computer model an...Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Many of 2 billion dryland dwellers at risk as land degrades
...ute to desertification. "Studies have shown that trade liberalization, macroeconomic reforms and a focus on raising production for exports can lead to desertification," the report says. "Such distortions to international food markets drive down prices and have often seriously undermined the livelihoods ...Emerging diseases require a global solution
...health organizations and agencies is the worldwide trade in wildlife. According to a variety of sources compiled by WCS, the annual global trade in live wild animals includes roughly 40,000 primates, 4 million birds, and 640,000 reptiles. These ...Digging in the dirt for life's biochemical foundations
...an to move out of the oceans and onto land. Plants trade a bit of their sunlight-made sugars for building block nutrients that fungi wring from the soil. Scientists have understood broad outlines of this evolutionary bargain for years, but specific details remained fuzzy, especially those related to nitrog...What do 'ecolabels' tell about food?
...der the ecolabel category, including "various fair trade claims," and the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Organic Program's organic labels. According to Lockeretz and Merrigan, ecolabels can also encompass issues such as farm animal welfare, decent treatment of farm workers, and authenticity of a...'Scientists@work' gives over 1800 Flemish students the chance to work in a biotech lab
...r labs - show 14 to 18 year-olds the tricks of the trade and guide them in taking their first steps in scientific research. The students situate their experimental work in the proper context and supplement it with background information in order to submit it to VIB as a final report. The response has been...Scientists discover odd-ball rodent
...gressive program designed to halt illegal wildlife trade where poaching has devastated animal populations. "It was for sale on a table next to some vegetables. I knew immediately it was something I had never seen before," said Dr. Timmins. Dr Mark Robinson, working with WWF Thailand later discovered othe...Turning viruses into allies against cancer
...neered virus -- developed by Biovex Ltd. under the trade name OncoVEX -- showed promise of causing necrosis (death) of tumors cells in most patients. "Tumor necrosis was evidenced clinically and/or by histology in biopsies taken about two weeks after the final dose in a number of patients," said Jennifer H...Novel gene-silencing nanoparticles shown to inhibit Ewing's sarcoma
...g's sarcoma results when two chromosomes break and trade their genetic content in what's technically called a "translocation," activating the oncogene EWS-FLI1 which triggers the tumor growth characteristic for this cancer. In their experiment, siRNA was delivered to this growth-promoting region of the tum...Undesirable expatriates: Preventing the spread of invasive animals
...s to prevent them from being introduced. As global trade increases, precautions like port inspection and exotic wildlife regulations are essential. Consumers also need to be educated; many exotic animals that are legal as pets could be ecologically lethal if released into the wild." Future research will ex...Can money grow on trees? Win-win strategies for 'sustainable bioprospecting'
...- process may affect incentives of parties to use, trade or research on genetic resources, must form an int...ket imperfections that shape current international trade in valuable genetic resources, and points out the dangers of a simplistic view of bioprospecting as ......ommercial bushmeat hunting, and the illegal animal trade as the primary threats, and warns that failure to ...ially in Africa and Asia. Live capture for the pet trade also poses a serious threat, particularly to Asian species. "Southeast Asia's primates are subje...Gladstone building honored with San Francisco Business Times award
...cquisitions, along with national and international trade and marketing information....'Free-for-all' illegal logging of mahogany in Peruvian parks, says Duke-based monitoring group
...th thousands." According to the ParksWatch report, trade of illegal mahogany violates international law under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES. "One purpose of the report is to inform the public and especially consumer countries like the United S...Elizabeth Blackburn and Janet Rowley awarded
...s case, she observed that chromosome 8 appeared to trade genetic material with chromosome 21; part of 21 had broken off and moved to chromosome 8, and part of 8 had moved to 21. Later that same year, she discovered that another defect linked to chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), known as the Philadelphia...... order to enter a partnership. The friend wants to trade nitrogen for food. The foe is a parasite that wants to burrow in and harm the plant. In a new finding published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at North Carolina State University have found that the two strangers commu...