• Full Genome Sequencing: Use Computers, Not MDs To Understand

    Updated: 2012-12-31 03:51:50
    The argument that full genome sequencing results require doctors to interpret gets it exactly wrong. We need computers to interpret our genes to us because doctors can't possibly model that much data in their minds. Concerns about a lack of regulation become even more intense when you get into sequencing the entire genome or exome (a smaller part that contains important DNA sequences that direct the body to make essential proteins), wrote Dr. James Evans and Dr. Jonathan Berg, of the department of genetics and medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been in talks with direct-to-consumer companies and is particularly interested in tests that influence medical decisions. The...

  • GEN Polls Biotech Industry Forecast

    Updated: 2012-12-28 19:35:17
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  • FDA Approves Genetically Modified Atlantic Salmon

    Updated: 2012-12-24 19:22:54
    Atlantic Salmon enhanced for faster growth with genes from Chinook Salmon and Ocean Pout finally wins FDA approval 17 years after AquaBounty Technologies began the process of seeking regulatory approval. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it could not find any valid scientific reasons to ban the production of GM Atlantic salmon engineered with extra genes from two other fish species – a decision that could soon lead to its commercial production. The salmon will be sterilized females and will be grown in land-based containers at lower cost than catching wild salmon. The wild Atlantic salmon are overfished (see page 12 of that NOAA report) like many other fish species around the world. Given trends in world population...

  • Happy New Year From Beyond Pesticides to You!

    Updated: 2012-12-21 18:10:27
    Beyond Pesticides wishes our members and friends a happy, healthy, and organic New Year! Our Daily News is taking a holiday break and will return on Thursday, January 3, 2013 with renewed energy and vision to continue charging ahead. We look forward to working with you to make 2013 a fruitful, pesticide-free year for you, [...]

  • GEN News Highlights:HIV Vector Licks Leukemia

    Updated: 2012-12-21 01:03:32
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  • San Francisco To Release Innovative Design Guidelines to Build Out Pests

    Updated: 2012-12-20 04:01:16
    (Beyond Pesticides, December 20, 2012) A preliminary version of Pest Prevention by Design, authored by Chris A. Geiger, Ph.D. and Caroline Cox of the Center for Environmental Health (CEH), was recently released by the San Francisco Department of the Environment (DOE). These guidelines, which will formally be released in mid-January of 2013, were created to [...]

  • EPA to Cancel Dangerous Rodent Poisons: Let’s Show Our Support in the Face of Industry Opposition!

    Updated: 2012-12-18 04:01:39
    (Beyond Pesticides, December 17, 2012) Certain pesticide manufacturers are gearing up to try to block EPA’s attempts to cancel certain rodent poisons that are known to be hazardous to children and wildlife, including endangered species. After more than a decade of research and review, and an unacceptably high number of poisoning incidents, EPA has acknowledged [...]

  • Poisoned Dog Injures Veterinarians

    Updated: 2012-12-17 04:01:57
    (Beyond Pesticides, December 17, 2012) Pets are frequently exposed to toxic chemicals used for lawn care, bug sprays, flea and tick products, and rodenticides. Recently, a dog ingested a zinc phosphide based pellet rodenticide, and threw up these toxic chemicals, creating a toxic gas that caused respiratory stress for four of the veterinary staff where [...]

  • Save the Date – 31st National Pesticide Forum in Albuquerque, NM

    Updated: 2012-12-13 05:11:03
    (Beyond Pesticides – December 13, 2012) The 31st National Pesticide Forum, Sustainable Families, Farms and Food: Resilient communities through organic practices, will be held April 5-6, 2013 (Friday afternoon and all day Saturday) at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM. The conference is convened by Beyond Pesticides, La Montanita Coop, and the Universtiy [...]

  • Bill Will Erode EPA’s Independent Scientific Oversight

    Updated: 2012-12-12 04:01:24
    (Beyond Pesticides, December 12, 2012) A recent bill introduced in Congress aims to radically alter notions of conflict of interest and would severely hamper the ability of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board (EPA SAB) to reach independent and objective scientific conclusions that can form the basis of policy and chemical risk assessments. [...]

  • GEN News Highlights Human Genetic Flaws Cataloged

    Updated: 2012-12-10 05:23:54
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  • Study Reveals: Organophosphate Pesticides Cause Lasting Damage to Brain and Nervous System

    Updated: 2012-12-10 04:01:15
    (Beyond Pesticides, December 10, 2012) Long-term low-level exposure to organophosphate pesticides produces lasting damage to neurological and cognitive functions, according to researchers at University College London (UCL). This research pulls data from 14 studies over the past 20 years, including more than 1,600 participants, in order to provide a quantitative analysis of the current literature [...]

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