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Leading Canadian researchers, under the auspices of the Canadian Forest Health Genomics Initiative, and jointly supported by Canada’s six regional genome centres, have authored a strategy paper describing the opportunities for and potential benefits arising from employing genomics research to better manage forest health.

IMD acquires microbial Omega-3 fatty acid production strains and related know-how from the University of Saarland.

New methods allow for engineering of bacterial chromosomes and the creation of modified bacterial species; should also play key role in boot up of synthetic cell.

Scientists show 'Swiss Army knife' has surprising functions and a possible tie to metastatic cancer.

Parents and healthcare workers may refuse to get immunised or vaccinate their children against a pandemic virus if they believe the risks of a novel vaccine outweigh the benefits, according to research published in Emerging Health Threats Journal.

Scientists at ETH Zurich have developed rice plants that contain six times more iron in polished rice kernels.

Researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in the U.S. report that they have developed genetically modified (GM) Arabidopsis thaliana plants with seeds that contain two to three times the normal level of vitamin B6.

Researchers at the German University of Neuenburg have used genetic technology to restore to maize a scent that defends it from pests. The maize then attracts nematodes that kill harmful insects in the root area of the plant.

Intermittent signaling by steroid hormones can affect the way genes are expressed in rodents, NCI research reveals.

Changes in gene expression in the brain of the honey bee in response to an immediate threat have much in common with evolutionary differences in honey-bee aggression.