Copyright (c) 2007 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2367 Biotechnology News en-us Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:03:12 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2367 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070826/sc_nm/genes_wine_dc nm/20070826/genes_wine_dc Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:03:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070826/sc_nm/genes_wine_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070826/2007_08_26t135925_450x300_us_genes_wine.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=1bjVUxhhhspYFeQwPA1QFQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Wine grapes have extra copies of genes that confer flavor and aroma, as well as extra DNA coding for a health-giving compound, researchers reported on Sunday. (files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Wine grapes have extra copies of genes that confer flavor and aroma, as well as extra DNA coding for a health-giving compound, researchers reported on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070826/sc_nm/genes_wine_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070826/2007_08_26t135925_450x300_us_genes_wine.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=1bjVUxhhhspYFeQwPA1QFQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Wine grapes have extra copies of genes that confer flavor and aroma, as well as extra DNA coding for a health-giving compound, researchers reported on Sunday. (files/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070826/sc_afp/sciencehealthgenetics afp/20070826/sciencehealthgenetics Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:13:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070826/sc_afp/sciencehealthgenetics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070826/capt.sge.obt66.260807171313.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=nEvW.suucTX1AwXbGtr90w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Pinot Noir grapes. Scientists in France and Italy have deciphered the complete genetic code for the plant producing wine grapes, according to a study published Sunday.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Scientists in France and Italy have deciphered the complete genetic code for the plant producing wine grapes, according to a study published Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070826/sc_afp/sciencehealthgenetics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070826/capt.sge.obt66.260807171313.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=nEvW.suucTX1AwXbGtr90w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pinot Noir grapes. Scientists in France and Italy have deciphered the complete genetic code for the plant producing wine grapes, according to a study published Sunday.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070816/sc_nm/genetics_blood_dc nm/20070816/genetics_blood_dc Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:56:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070816/sc_nm/genetics_blood_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070817/2007_08_17t044521_450x355_us_genetics_blood.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=NfZ_GCZrOFThmZsx2MA6VA--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Blood cells in an undated file image. Widely used blood thinner warfarin will come with new instructions explaining that people with certain genes may need a lower dose to take the drug safely, U.S. health officials said on Thursday. (File/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Prescribing instructions for the generic blood thinner warfarin will carry new information advising doctors to consider adjusting the dose for people with certain genes, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070816/sc_nm/genetics_blood_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070817/2007_08_17t044521_450x355_us_genetics_blood.jpg?x=130&y=102&sig=NfZ_GCZrOFThmZsx2MA6VA--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="photo" title="Blood cells in an undated file image. Widely used blood thinner warfarin will come with new instructions explaining that people with certain genes may need a lower dose to take the drug safely, U.S. health officials said on Thursday. (File/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070816/sc_nm/india_gmo_crop_dc nm/20070816/india_gmo_crop_dc Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:27:44 GMT Reuters - India has approved the first large-scale field trials of a genetically modified food crop, a senior government official said on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070812/sc_afp/australiafarmfoodgmo afp/20070812/australiafarmfoodgmo Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:08:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070812/sc_afp/australiafarmfoodgmo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070812/capt.sge.kfy41.120807200853.photo00.photo.default-512x337.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=edt2tDIFyqEezRlA0hARxA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Activists fly a kite to protest against the cultivation of genetically modified maize. Australian farmers will fall behind overseas rivals unless they are allowed to produce genetically modified crops, Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran said Sunday.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Kappeler)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australian farmers will fall behind overseas rivals unless they are allowed to produce genetically modified crops, Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran said Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070812/sc_afp/australiafarmfoodgmo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070812/capt.sge.kfy41.120807200853.photo00.photo.default-512x337.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=edt2tDIFyqEezRlA0hARxA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Activists fly a kite to protest against the cultivation of genetically modified maize. Australian farmers will fall behind overseas rivals unless they are allowed to produce genetically modified crops, Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran said Sunday.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Kappeler)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/sc_afp/sciencejapanclone afp/20070808/sciencejapanclone Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:55:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/sc_afp/sciencejapanclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070808/capt.sge.jbp24.080807085306.photo00.photo.default-512x416.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=GdmvGrphvIINs3O2Va8HkQ--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="A piglet. Japanese researchers have said they have created a fourth-generation cloned pig in a world-first achievement that could lead to new transplant treatments for humans.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japanese researchers said Wednesday they had created a fourth-generation cloned pig in a world-first achievement that could lead to new transplant treatments for humans.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/sc_afp/sciencejapanclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070808/capt.sge.jbp24.080807085306.photo00.photo.default-512x416.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=GdmvGrphvIINs3O2Va8HkQ--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="photo" title="A piglet. Japanese researchers have said they have created a fourth-generation cloned pig in a world-first achievement that could lead to new transplant treatments for humans.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070803/sc_afp/ushealthskoreasciencestemcells afp/20070803/ushealthskoreasciencestemcells Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:04:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070803/sc_afp/ushealthskoreasciencestemcells"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070803/capt.sge.hzr48.030807160206.photo00.photo.default-338x512.jpg?x=85&y=130&sig=LF.GrmjLuNSu6eBNMk6LXg--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="South Korean supporters of Hwang Woo Suk, the disgraced stem cell scientist, gather to demand that Hwang be allowed to continue his research, near a government complex in Seoul, 07 July. While faking the first human embryo-cloned stem cells, disgraced Hwang in 2004 unwittingly created the first human stem cell derived by parthenogenesis, US scientists said Thursday.(AFP/File/Choi Won-Suk)" border="0" /></a>AFP - While faking the first human embryo-cloned stem cells, disgraced South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-Suk in 2004 unwittingly created the first human stem cell derived by parthenogenesis, US scientists said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070803/sc_afp/ushealthskoreasciencestemcells"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070803/capt.sge.hzr48.030807160206.photo00.photo.default-338x512.jpg?x=85&y=130&sig=LF.GrmjLuNSu6eBNMk6LXg--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="photo" title="South Korean supporters of Hwang Woo Suk, the disgraced stem cell scientist, gather to demand that Hwang be allowed to continue his research, near a government complex in Seoul, 07 July. While faking the first human embryo-cloned stem cells, disgraced Hwang in 2004 unwittingly created the first human stem cell derived by parthenogenesis, US scientists said Thursday.(AFP/File/Choi Won-Suk)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070803/sc_nm/eu_gmo_food_dc nm/20070803/eu_gmo_food_dc Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:58:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070803/sc_nm/eu_gmo_food_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070803/2007_08_03t085742_450x338_us_eu_gmo_food.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=rfVLLUxYUAVhLkAARpw7_A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="INRA (National Institute for Agricultural Research) scientific director Olivier Lemaire holds a genetically modified vine plant at an INRA site in Colmar, eastern France, September 14, 2005. Animals that have eaten genetically modified (GMO) feed show no residual traces in their eggs or meat, the EU's food safety agency said on Friday. (Vincent Kessler/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Animals that have eaten genetically modified (GMO) feed show no residual traces in their eggs or meat, the EU&#39;s food safety agency said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/biotech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070803/sc_nm/eu_gmo_food_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070803/2007_08_03t085742_450x338_us_eu_gmo_food.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=rfVLLUxYUAVhLkAARpw7_A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="INRA (National Institute for Agricultural Research) scientific director Olivier Lemaire holds a genetically modified vine plant at an INRA site in Colmar, eastern France, September 14, 2005. Animals that have eaten genetically modified (GMO) feed show no residual traces in their eggs or meat, the EU's food safety agency said on Friday. (Vincent Kessler/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)