They say the drug is not broken down in sewage systems, meaning it could find its way into water supplies and make viruses resistant in the event of a pandemic (source: Reuters) If confirmed, her death will bring the country's total to 90 (source: Xinhua) It includes improvements to diagnostic capabilities, research and public awareness campaigns (source: Daily Times) Each title is a link to the full article. Indonesia's death toll now stands at 88 (source: Reuters) E-Guide to Science...

Tyson will acquire a Brazilian poultry business and has reached preliminary deals for two joint venture poultry operations in China. The legal maneuver is the latest chapter in the ongoing saga between Oklahoma environmental regulators and a group of 14 poultry companies, many of which are based in Arkansas. In the wake of the fallout from its failed $3 billion go-private sale, Morgan had announced that he would step down as company leader after a successor was appointed, but would remain...

One cattlemen's group didn't wait to find out, filing an emergency request Friday for a temporary restraining order to block the rule from taking effect. Mad cow disease has been linked to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare and deadly nerve disease that has been blamed for more than 150 human deaths, mostly in Britain. At the same time, no one knows for sure how the decision will affect domestic ranchers or foreign markets, which have yet to fully recover from the discovery of an...

Particular attention is paid to those areas of the clinical chemistry instrumentation sector that are showing the greatest growth or the most innovation. The term clinical chemistry usually refers to determining the concentration or activity of a protein, carbohydrate, lipid, electrolyte, enzyme or small molecule in easily-collected bodily fluids such as blood, serum, plasma or urine. In fact, traditional specialization barriers such as microbiology, hematology, blood banking, immunology...

The birds may owe Bush for more than just the pardon: Their flight to Florida will be along a route included on the "Thanksgiving Express Lanes," carved (ahem) just last week from military airspace by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Defense to expedite holiday travel. The presidential visit is sure to be a boon to the plantation, whose primacy in the annals of Thanksgiving history is a somewhat touchy subject. It is the 60th year of this theater of poultry mercy,...

Portland - PORTLAND -- AVI BioPharma, inc. (Nasdaq:AVII), today announced clinical development updates on AVI-4658, AVI s lead drug candidate for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) that is based on the company s proprietary ESPRIT (Exon Skipping Pre-RNA Interference Technology) drug platform. Portland - PORTLAND -- AVI BioPharma, inc. (Nasdaq:AVII), today announced clinical development updates on AVI-4658, AVI s lead drug candidate for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) that is based on the...