Breakthrough genes may replace chemicals in crop disease fight
Washington AP reports UC Berkeley scientist Dr. Brian Staskawicz and Harvard researchers led by Dr. Fred Ausubel isolated the RPS2 gene from Arabidopsis thaliana, while Barbara Baker and colleagues cloned a tobacco gene defending against a virus. The teams publish in Science and Cell, predicting that within three years these genes could reduce chemical use and enable broad plant protection through genetic engineering.
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Brian Staskawicz
University of California, Berkeley
Staskawicz
Harvard
Fred Ausubel
Barbara Baker
Berkeley
Agriculture Department
Science
Cell
Banks post record profit as regulators report gains
Banks earned 11.2 billion in the April to June quarter, FDIC data show, marking an eighth percent rise from a year earlier and the second best quarter on record. Savings banks earned 1.9 billion, while credit unions earned 1.7 billion in the first half.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
FDIC
Senate Banking Committee
Greenspan
National Credit Union Administration
S&ls
Ancient smelters polluted hemisphere 2500 years ago
A Science study links ancient Greek and Roman lead emissions to widespread hemispheric contamination. Boutron and Patterson trace a 800 year rise starting about 500 B.C. to 300 A.D., with Greenland deposits around 400 tons, equating to 15 percent of leaded gasoline fallout. Potential health impacts include kidney disease and developmental issues.
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Scienice
Claude Boutron
France
Domaine University
Clair Patterson
California Institute of Technology
Europe
B.C
A.D
Boutron
Greenland
Ancient pollution spike tied to Greco Roman era lead
Research shows lead levels spiked 2500 years ago and remained high for 800 years, with about 400 tons of lead deposited on Greenland. Clair Patterson notes modern bodies contain over 1000 times more lead than prehistoric ancestors, while today children face poisoning from paint, dust, and soil.
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Patterson
Greenland
Clair Patterson
Rottweilers and Akita Tear Arm From Toddler in Tennessee
In Murfreesboro two Rottweilers and an Akita tore off a 2 year old boy’s arm after he reached through a neighbor’s fence. Surgeons at Vanderbilt operated six hours but could not reattach the limb. The child remained in critical condition as authorities seized the dogs.
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Muurfressboro
Tenn
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Tyler Throneberry
Virgil Gammon
James Jowers
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