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UT Southwestern researchers map how the human immune system is programmed to respond to Staphylococcus aureus infections.

Important questions raised about genetic research based only on blood samples; new treatment in vascular disease foreseen at the same time.

New study uncovers significant proportion of potential false negatives in widely used HPV DNA test which could lead to cervical cancer.

UK bioscience has received a major boost following the announcement of 16 new fellowships by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) including the first ever Diamond Fellowship, so named because the post will be based at the new Research Complex at Harwell, adjacent to the Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire - the UK national synchrotron facility.

Novartis extends the Alnylam’s RNAi therapeutics collaboration for a fifth and final planned year, through October 2010.

BENLYSTA met its primary efficacy endpoint by achieving a statistically significant improvement in patient response rate versus placebo in BLISS-52.

India has been very slow to adopt GM technologies and has thus missed the opportunity to exploit the many advantages that come with GM farming. GM crops, at a minimum, offer the unambiguous benefits of higher yields and greater resistance to pests, both of which could give a big boost to the average farmer.

The debate on genetically modified crops is so prone to being hijacked by pseudoscience, alarmism and overstatement that delays have been built into the delivery to Indian farmers of new seeds that farmers in other countries take for granted.

An editorial from India's Times of India boldly asserts that 'India cannot, in good conscience, abandon yield-boosting modern technology. '

The European Union and Canada have today signed in Geneva a final settlement of the WTO dispute that Canada brought against the EU in May 2003 regarding the application of its legislation on biotech products.