Abstracts » Zoology and wildlife conservation

Patent row splits fish identity researchers

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Taxonomists and other researchers backed by United Kingdom's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (MAFF) have challenged the novelty of a patent of a method for identifying the genetic origin of canned tuna fish owned by a Canadian Company Bio-ID, and its European licensee, Atlangene. However, William Davidson, Vice-President of Bio-ID, feels that the unique combination of established techniques makes it novel.

Cases, Patent licenses, Patent licensing, Canned tuna, Taxonomists, Bio-ID

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New fronts in an old war

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The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development, a group of drug companies, scientists and donor agencies, says that there is an increasing need for new drugs to fight the disease. Recent developments include the sequencing of the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis that causes TB.

Research, Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Darfur lake is a 'mirage'

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Geologists have clarified that the site of an ancient mega-lake in Darfur, Sudan, may no longer contain water.

Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs, Water Resources-Total Govt, Administration of Environmental Quality Programs, Water Management, Sudan, Water Resources & Power, Political aspects, Natural history, Water, Natural resources, Water resources, Aquifers, Water resource management, Aquatic resources, Darfur, Sudan (Region)

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