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Daily Highlights
1. Stem cells grown on carbon
matrix
2. Rat genome to assist human disease
research
3. Neuronz in stroke trial talks
4. Govt
conditions stall GM crops in UK
5. USDA & the Peterkin
Papers
6. Countdown to Food & Agriculture Treaty
Stem cells grown on carbon matrix
A spin-off from
space research has allowed a U.S. biotechnology company to
grow large numbers of stem cells outside the body.The stem
cells grew on a carbon-metal matrix, which was originally
used...
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http://www.BioSciNews.com/files/news-detail.asp?newsID=7108
Rat
genome to assist human disease research
Scientists have
decoded the rat genome, the biochemical instructions in the
rodent's cells that guide the building and maintenance of
the animal's body. It is the third mammalian DNA sequence to
b...
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http://www.BioSciNews.com/files/news-detail.asp?newsID=7109
Neuronz
in stroke trial talks
An "Irish coffee" cocktail of
coffee and alcohol is giving some stroke victims the power
to repair their own damaged brain cells. The cocktail,
dubbed "caffeinol" by its Texan inventor Jim
Grotta,...
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http://www.BioSciNews.com/files/news-detail.asp?newsID=7106
Govt
conditions stall GM crops in UK
German company Bayer
CropScience has blamed government imposed conditions for
making its plans to grow GM maize in the United Kingdom
"economically non-viable". The move is likely to put an end
to...
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http://www.BioSciNews.com/files/news-detail.asp?newsID=7101
USDA
& the Peterkin Papers
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture's biotechnology regulations have been a shambles
for more than fifteen years, Henry Miller writes.Its
compulsory case-by-case review and costly field test
design...
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http://www.BioSciNews.com/files/news-detail.asp?newsID=7097
Countdown
to Food & Agriculture Treaty
Twelve European countries
and the European Community have ratified the International
Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture,
triggering the 90-day countdown to the Treaty's entry
i...
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http://www.BioSciNews.com/files/news-detail.asp?newsID=7112
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