Britain uses genetic tests for asylum-seekers, drawing heat from scientists, rights groups

Genetic tests for UK asylum seekers draw criticism

Sugar beet debate leaves farmers waiting as Colo.’s Boulder County reconsiders biotech crops

BOULDER, Colo. — Famuer Rasmussen Jr. and five other farmers filed what they thought was a routine request to grow genetically modified sugar beets on public land in Colorado’s Boulder County. The county already had allowed genetically altered corn.

A world first: AIDS vaccine cuts the risk of HIV infection by 31 percent in large Thai study

BANGKOK — For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible.

Variations in dogs coat types result from variations in just 3 genes

WASHINGTON — From short to shaggy, nearly all the differences in dogs’ coat types result from variations in just three genes, according to researchers studying how genes work together.

National Academy of Sciences to review FBI’s lab work in anthrax investigation

HAGERSTOWN, Md. — The National Academy of Sciences said Friday it will review the lab work behind the FBI’s conclusion that Army scientist Bruce Ivins was responsible for the anthrax mailings that killed five people in 2001.

Nine new X chromosome genes linked to learning disabilities identified

LONDON - An international team of researchers has identified nine new genes linked to learning disabilities.

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