Coming soon: the genetically engineered banana that can save Third World children

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Scientists have recently made a number of significant breakthroughs in plant genetic engineering. Monsanto has established how to produce cotton that is naturally blue, while clinical trials in Baltimore have indicated that a genetically-engineered potato can give resistance to traveller's diarrhoea. At the University of Exeter, England, scientists have established how plants produce vitamin C. This development could allow the production of genetically-engineered versions of fruit. It is possible that scientists may in the future be able to genetically engineer fruit to contain vaccines.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Plant Genetics, Research, Genetically modified plants

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BSE in calves: another nasty surprise

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A 7-year study by SEAC, the independent advisory body which gives advice on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease to the UK government, indicates that cows can transmit BSE to their young. This could mean that more cows than planned will have to be slaughtered. It also indicates that the feed ban has had more impact than believed, as some of the cows afflicted with the disease will have caught if from their mothers, affecting statistics.

United Kingdom, Economic aspects, Diseases, Cattle, Beef industry

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The teens who took over the Net

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The internet is giving young people an advantage over older people, according to author Michael Lewis. He feels that children and teenagers do not have to be part of the social order and can cope with the rapid change prompted by the internet.

Authors, Writers, Interview, Untermeyer, Louis

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