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Insect-Resistant GM Rice in Farmers' Fields: Assessing Productivitz and Health Effects in China
25.11.2005 | Press monitoring
Although no country to date has released a major geneticallz modified [GM] food grain crop, China is on the threshold of commercializing GM rice. Farm surveys of randomly selected farm households that are cultivating the insect- resistand GM rice varieties, without the aid of experimental station technicians, demonstrate that when compared with...
Statins can help people with learning disabilities
24.11.2005 | Press monitoring
The latest study shows that statins, a class of cholesterol drugs, overcome the gene mutation which is cause of learning disabilities (such as neurofibromatosis 1-NF1).
Will biofuels cut our dependence on fossil fuels?
22.11.2005 | Press monitoring
Future demand for food, feed, fibres and fuels may well be secured via renewable resources and new biological processes, said a conference on the EU's development towards becoming a bio-economy.
First preliminary results: Research & Development in the EU
18.11.2005 | Press monitoring
In relation to GDP, EU25 R&D expenditure stable at 1.9% in 2004. In real terms, EU25 R&D expenditure grew by 1.3% per year between 2001 and 2004
The helicase enzyme flexibility
17.11.2005 | Press monitoring
Scientists from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute discovered that the helicase enzyme exhibits flexibility when it meets an obstacle. The study suggests that helicase may play a role in maintaining genomic integrity.
New discovery in cancer cell communication
17.11.2005 | Press monitoring
Researchers at Monash University and the Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York uncovered the structure of a cell-surface protease called ADAM10 that controls communication between tumour cells.
Plant Biotechnology Goes Global With Research and Production in 63 Countries
16.11.2005 | Press monitoring
More biotech crop plantings expected in Asia, Latin America and Africa.
EU regions band together for biotech – call for proposal
10.11.2005 | Press monitoring
Partners in the EUROTRANS-BIO project will pool resources in a call for proposals aimed at fostering competitiveness in Europe's biotechnology industry. Research-intensive SMEs in this sector are the primary audience of the call.
EU authorises new GMO amid safety doubts
10.11.2005 | Press monitoring
The Commission argues it was legally obliged to authorise imports of Monsanto’s GT73 oilseed rape after member state experts and ministers failed to agree whether the crop presented a risk to the environment.
Biotech industry wants better implementation of EU regulations
10.11.2005 | Press monitoring
Healthcare biotech industry representatives say that the inadequate implementation of EU regulation on the biotech sector hinders innovation and blocks SMEs' access to the market.
