Ecology group glimpses averting disaster
There are early signs that the
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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U.S. threatens to sue EU for altered-food stance
The Bush administration's top trade official has announced that he is seeking of file a case against the European Union for its ban on genetically modified food, calling the European positin
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A new risk for altered crops : weeds
The world's most widely grown genetically engineered crops
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U.S. nears approval of Genzyme drug
Genzyme Corp's experimental drug for Fabry disease has won qualified support from an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, increasing the probability that the drug will be
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Carbon dioxide won the elections
Future generations may look back on the victory of President George W. Bush in the 2002 congressional elections and see a casualty other than the Democrats. In the world beyond 2050
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Researchers tie 2d death in French study to gene therapy
The second case of a leukemia-like disease in a gene therapy patient in France appears to have the same basic cause as the first one, according to a scientist investigating the matter. In both cases,
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Polio returns to India, assisted by rumors and fears
Borne alone by rumor and fear as much as by any biological route of transmission, the polio virus
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Black tide' still lapping at Spain
Two months after the tanker Prestige sank 210 kilometers off the Spanish coast, more than 5000 soldiers and civilians continue the back-breaking task of scraping gluey fuel oil from sand and rocks
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After cleanup, oystermen fight lingering images of sullied bay
The oystermen of the Bay of Arcachon like to call themselves
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Winds threaten to push bushfires into Canberra
The authorities placed thousands of Caneberra residents on evacuation alert as temperatures rose and dangerous wind gusts pushed a fire front closer to Australia's national capital. The flames have