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News Medical Net https://www.news-medical.net/life-sciences/RNA-interference-in-biotechnology.aspx

By Jeyashree Sundaram RNA interference (RNAi) is a rapidly developing and potent method of gene silencing.

RNAi is a fundamental and potent …

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2018-01-15T04:00:00.0000000Z

The Star, Kenya https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/01/10/armyworm-to-cause-more-damage-during-march-april-farming-season_c1695274

By AGATHA NGOTHO Dr Eliud Kireger, the director general of the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation, …

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USDA scientists continue screwworm eradication efforts with national and international partners to keep the United States and other countries free of flesh-eating screwworm. (USDA-ARS photo)

USDA gov https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2018/01/09/usda-agencies-work-together-eradicate-old-foe-screwworm

Posted by Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young Administrator, Agricultural Research Service in Research and Science
USDA scientists continue …
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Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2018-01-bacteria-turbocharged-motors.html

The discovery, by a team from Imperial College London, provides insights into evolution at the molecular scale.

Bacteria use molecular motors just tens of nanometres wide to spin …

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By Peta Gay Rowe Story Highlights
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2018-01-14T18:00:00.0000000Z

Fossil fungi from over 400m years ago have altered our understanding of early life on land and climate change over deep …

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Female spotted wing Drosophila. Photo by Danielle Kirkpatrick, MSU Entomology.

Michigan State University Extension http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/national_team_will_present_latest_information_on_biological_control_of_swd

By Rufus Isaacs

To update growers and other stakeholders, the team will report on the current state of …

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https://mail.google..com/mail/u/0/#drafts/160e0c512044c222 FSANZ Releases Approval Report for Food Derived from Provitamin A Rice Line GR2E

Food derived from Provitamin A rice line GR2E can be sold in Australiaand New Zealand. …
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A ProMED-mail post <http://www.promedmail.org> ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases <http://www.isid.org> Date: Mon 8 Jan 2018 Source: The New Nation [edited] <http:// …

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