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PRRI submission on LMOs unlikely to harm biodiversity 2012 Public Research and Regulation Initiative (PRRI) submission in response to CBD Notification 2012-016 requesting Parties and stakeholders to submit information on identification of living modified organisms that ...
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Tiny gene change affects brain size, IQ
An international team of scientists said Sunday the largest brain study of its kind had found a gene linked to intelligence, a small piece in the puzzle as to why some people are smarter than others. A variant of this gene "can tilt the scales in favor of a higher intelligence", study leader Paul Thompson told AFP, stressing though that genetic blessings were not the only factor in brainpower.

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Drug-making plant blooms (Nature-08 May 2012) Approval of a ‘biologic’ manufactured in plant cells may pave the way for similar products.
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Engineered Stem Cells Seek out and Kill HIV in Living Mice ScienceDaily (Apr. 12, 2012) — Expanding on previous research providing proof-of-principle that human stem cells can be genetically engineered into HIV-fighting cells, a team of UCLA researchers have now demonstrated that these cells can...
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Biotechnology Plays Key Role in Virus Disease Management, says Philippine Professor Biotechnological approaches are essential for effective virus disease management in major crops in the Philippines, said University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) Associate Professor Dr. Filomena Sta. Cruz...
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Magnetic Nanosensor Technology Rapidly Detects Intracellular Pathogens Using Crude DNA (Apr 11, 2012) Scientists report on the development of a hybridizing magnetic relaxation nanosensor (hMRS) technology that they claim can rapidly detect the presence of otherwise hard-to-diagnose intracellular pathogens in minimally processed clinical samples such as peripheral blood and tissue.
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GM Wheat Made to Scare Aphids Field trials are now being done in England for a genetically modified (GM) wheat that scares away aphids and attracts a deadly predator to ...
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India Aims to Achieve Higher Production of Wheat India is the second largest producer of wheat in the world at an estimated record harvest of more than 87 million tons in 2010-2011 and a record production of ...
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CIMMYT Introduces Wheat Tolerant to Ug99 Fungus in Bangladesh Losses due to Ug99, a devastating fungal disease that affects wheat in many parts of the world including developing countries Bangladesh and Kenya can now be controlled using ...
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Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Treating Beta-Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Disease Scientists have developed a gene therapy strategy that could feasibly treat both β-thalassemia and sickle cell disease. The technology is based on delivery of a lentiviral vector carrying both the human β-globin gene and ...
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ISAAA biotech Information Network Meeting Holds in Phuket, Thailand The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) holds an Annual Meeting of its global information network – the Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology and the Biotechnology Information Centers (BIC).
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Potato expressing human pro-insulin gene has been produced ISNA reported that Kimia Kashani M.Sc. of plant biotechnology and breeding from University of Tarbiat Modares under supervision of cooperation of Dr. Mokhtar Jalali studied aberrant organogenesis in potato and the possibility of human pro-insulin gene transfer.
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Pakistan achieved substantial economic gain: AEC DG (Thursday, March 01, 2012) ISLAMABAD: Despite late start, the country has achieved a substantial economic gain through biotechnology application (cotton).
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Pakistan: Farmers Want GM Corn The farming community last week urged the government to approve the genetically modified corn, which is being planted successfully across the globe, for commercial plantation in Pakistan.
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ISAAA Launches 2011 Global Data on Biotech Crops in the Philippines A 94-fold increase from 1.7 million hectares in 1996 to 160 million hectares in 2011 makes biotech crops the fatest adopted crop technology in recent history. A record 16.7 million farmers planted biotech crops, over 90% of whom were from developing countries.
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