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• I.H.T. Special Report: Business of Food: Dutch Cooperative Blurs Food Prejudices

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 914
  Johan Schut, a lettuce breeder at Rijk Zwaan, one of the leading seed companies in Europe, and a principal player in the Food Valley cooperative.
  4 hours ago

• Genetic Tests Check Risk for Sudden Death

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 158
  If you have a relative who has suffered sudden unexplained death, postmortem genetic testing is a cost-effective way of identifying genetic mutations that may place you and other surviving family members at increased risk for potentially fatal heart rhythm disturbances, a study shows.
  6 hours ago

• The lights weren’t on, but Monsanto was at home

  
  North Coast Voices — Authority: 141
  MADGE Australia and friends went to see Monsanto and came away with a story to tell : Monsanto turned out the lights yesterday after the ladies of MADGE Australia, Cropwatch, and Gene Ethics arrived to deliver bags of GM canola roadside weeds. Agri-chemical giant Monsanto is the patent holder of ...
  10 hours ago

• From Bassetts to Auschwitz in 50 Years: What the Eugenics Movement Learned from Dog Breeders, and Vice Versa

  
  Terrierman's Daily Dose — Authority: 552
  There is nothing quite as amusing as the Kennel Club saying it has had nothing to do with Eugenics. Really? Let us look at their own history. The year is 1897, some 14 years after Sir Francis Galton first coined the term "Eugenics," and just 11 years before Galton founded the British Eugenics Society in ...
  13 hours ago

• Unnatural Selection

  
  Serendip's Exchange — Authority: 140
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  13 hours ago

• Nibbles: Rice domestication, H5N1, Fisheries, Crop maps, Grafting, Livestock video, Perennial conference, Goat genetic patterns, Satellites, Large seeds

  
  Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog — Authority: 477
  Dorian Fuller rounds up rice domestication latest . Deconstructing the persistence of H5N1 . Artisanal fisheries and climate change don’t mix. Mo’ better crop mapping . Multi-variety fruit trees for sale. Perfect Christmas gift. For your consideration: video on livestock science . First ...
  14 hours ago

• Fastest way to lose stomach fat - How to avoid the scams

  
  3stepADS - Free Advertising Blog — Authority: 542
  There are many methods available to you that claim they are the fastest way to lose stomach fat, but as im sure you are already aware, the internet is full of scammy items and empty promises.
  14 hours ago

• Antagonistic drug pairings. “… two classes of antibiotics that suppress one another.”

  
  LASIK Eye Surgery — Authority: 132
  Roy Kishony, Associate Professor of Systems Biology from Harvard Medical School has said: “The question we asked was how can it be that two drugs in combination are less effective than one of them alone …” More from a Release dated November 13, sourced from Harvard Medical School: Study reveals why certain ...
  17 hours ago

• Health Insurance Company Offering 20% Discount for Members Who Want DNA Testing

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 534
  This is interesting and perhaps a way of both helping educate and help the slow growing genomics testing business at the same time.  OptumHealth, a subsidiary of United Healthcare is offering the discount.  They are not covering the tests, but if patients want to have their DNA tests done, it’s a chance for a ...
  22 hours ago

• New Law to Bar Misuse of Genetic Testing by Employers

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 164
  The antidiscrimination law prohibits employers from requesting genetic testing or considering someone’s genetic background in hiring, firing or promotions.
  22 hours ago

• Hacked genetic code worse than a computer virus

  
  Environmental Cartoons — Authority: 92
    GMWatch reports, that many NGO organizations have criticized Bill Gates for pushing GMO plants to Africa: African NGOs slam Gates’ neo-colonial strategy Bill Gates reveals love of GMOs Africa: Profits Before People – the Great African Liquidation Sale Now also Sierra Club has sent an open letter ...
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• No-entry zones for AIDS virus

  
  West Africa Doctors Network West Africa Doctors Network — Authority: 126
  The AIDS virus inserts its genetic material into the genome of the infected cell. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center have now shown for the first time that the virus almost entirely spares particular sites in the human genetic material in this process. This finding may be useful for developing new, ...
  1 day ago

• Mayo researchers: Postmortem genetic tests following sudden death may be less expensive way to identify family members at risk

  
  Mayo Clinic News — Authority: 119
  Journalists:  For links to web-video and audio files, see the bottom of this post.Mayo Clinic scientists will present research at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2009 in Orlando on Sunday, Nov. 15, showing that postmortem testing to identify genetic mutations for sudden unexplained death could ...
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• European Personalised Medicine Diagnostics Association

  
  ScienceRoll — Authority: 473
  We all know about the Personalised Medicine Coalition : The Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC) is an independent, non-profit group that works to advance the understanding and adoption of personalized medicine for the ultimate benefit of patients. Our diverse members work together to educate opinion leaders ...
  1 day ago

• Teens’ mental health may determine how long they stay in school (re-issue)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 718
  Washington, Nov 15 (ANI): A new study has found that poor mental health of children and teenagers has a large impact on the length of time they will stay in school.Lead researcher from Queen’s University Steven Lehrer said that large number of school-based programs have been introduced to prevent childhood obesity ...
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• Chimp On Xanax & Its Violent, Closest Genetic Relative In The Kwa, Part 2

  
  Kentuckyanna true news — Authority: 136
  Chimp On Xanax & Its Violent, Closest Genetic Relative In The Kwa, Part 2
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• Postmortem genetic tests after sudden death may provide less exp...

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 158
  (American Heart Association) Postmortem testing to identify mutations associated with sudden cardiac death is less expensive than comprehensive cardiac tests for surviving relatives. Many insurers cover comprehensive cardiac tests of surviving relatives, but few cover postmortem testing.
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• Chimp On Xanax & Its Violent, Closest Genetic Relative In The Kwa, Part 1

  
  Kentuckyanna true news — Authority: 136
  Chimp On Xanax & Its Violent, Closest Genetic Relative In The Kwa, Part 1
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• Why make it difficult to help save lives?

  
  Blogs — Authority: 160
  This morning I gave a talk at continuing medical education meeting being held here in Boston for physicians, nurse practitioners and nurses. More than 5000 people are participating in the three day meeting which includes lectures and workshops of different sizes. After the session in which I gave my talk had finished, ...
  2 days ago

• Welcome to the Clone Farm

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 166
  ENID, Oklahoma (Reuters) - To the untrained eye, Pollard Farms looks much like any other cattle ranch. Similar looking cows are huddled in similar looking pens. But some of the cattle here dont just resemble each other. They are literally identical -- clear down to their genes. Of the 400-some cattle in Barry Pollards ...
  2 days ago

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