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Sudden Oak Death Introduced To U.S., Study Finds
April 20, 2006 — A genetic analysis of 151 isolates of the Sudden Oak Death pathogen provides new evidence that the commercial plant trade possibly helped introduce the microbe to the United States, according to ... > full story -
Alternatives To The Use Of Nitrate As A Fertiliser
April 19, 2006 — In order to develop sustainable agricultural production, what is required is a study of nitrogenated sources as alternatives to the nitrates. These are the conclusions of Dolores Domínguez ... > full story -
Bacon That's Good For You? Researchers Create Pigs That Produce Heart-Healthy Omega-3 Fatty Acids
March 27, 2006 — Researchers report they have created pigs that produce omega-3 fatty acids, representing the first cloned transgenic livestock in the world that can make the beneficial compound known to improve ... > full story -
Successful Cell Engineering May Lead To Mad Cow Prevention, Say Researchers
March 22, 2006 — Researchers at Texas A&M University have successfully "knocked down" the expression of possible disease-causing genes in a cloned goat fetus, perhaps paving the way for breeding disease ... > full story -
Genes Affecting Blood Pressure Change As Children Become Adults
March 5, 2006 — As children transform into adults some of the genes involved in controlling their blood pressure change as well, according to a study of more than 500 pairs of ... > full story -
Captain Kirk's Clone And The Eavesdropper
February 16, 2006 — Imagine Captain Kirk being beamed back to the Starship Enterprise and two versions of the Star Trek hero arriving in the spacecraft's transporter room. It happened 40 years ago in an episode of the ... > full story -
Alzheimer's Found To Be Mostly Genetic: Largest Twin Study Ever Undertaken Confirms Highest Estimates Of Genetic Risk
February 6, 2006 — Alzheimer disease has a genetic cause in up to 80 percent of cases, according to a USC-led study of nearly 12,000 twin pairs. The study appears in the February 2006 issue of Archives of General ... > full story -
Equine Cloning Expert Reviews Successes, Challenges
January 17, 2006 — Successful births and vigorous offspring are the rule for equine clones, University of Idaho veterinary scientist Dirk Vanderwall said Jan. 10, but pregnancies still are challenging to establish. ... > full story -
Cloned Stem Cells Prove Identical To Fertilized Stem Cells
January 17, 2006 — Analyzing the complete gene-expression profiles of both cloned and fertilization-derived stem cells in mice, scientists at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research now have concluded that the two ... > full story -
'Pregnant' Protein-Coding Genes Carry RNA 'Babies'
January 10, 2006 — Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have performed a comprehensive analysis of small, non-protein-coding RNAs in the model nematode, C. elegans. They characterize 100 ... > full story
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