All-star titles 2
I am surprised that Poppleton University has not followed funding council practice by discriminating between its professors by using stars (Laurie Taylor, April 7). If all universities did this,...
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Kidney problems
I was delighted to read Baroness Warnock's review of my book Stakes and Kidneys (April 7). But it is unfortunate that Warnock chose to focus primarily on what she perceived as the style of the book....
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Proof of ability 1
Accusations about "spoon-feeding gone mad" in response to Bradford Univer-sity's list of proofreaders rather miss the point ("Fluency can be all yours... for a small fee", April 7). If students come...
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Proof of ability 2
There seems to be an implicit assumption in the article and in your editorial on proofreading that there is cheating going on "by sanctioning the use of professional help", and that overseas students...
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A shameful waste of youth and experience
Paediatric drugs are finally being tested on children. But, as pharmaceutical companies vie to capture part of the market, Lainie Friedman Ross fears that children aren't always benefiting. The...
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Who will break first in the battle of the giants?
The unions are taking a now-or-never approach to the pay dispute, while the employers favour pleading poverty. Phil Baty and Alan Thomson chart the history of the industrial action and consider...
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Out and about in Bible Belt
Activists are braving jeers and arrests to try to deliver enlightenment to US campuses that ban homosexual relationships. Stephen Phillips boards the bus. Thirty-five student gay-rights campaigners...
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Financial Support for COST in FP7 (link)
Brussels, 12 Apr 2006 Full text of Document 218/1/06 Revision 01 Suite of documents 218/1/06 Delegations will find attached an indicative budget prepared by the COST Office taking account of...
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Commission proposes practical improvements to the way the European GMO legislative framework is implemented
Brussels, 12 April 2006 Today the European Commission gave its support to an approach proposed by Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner Markos Kyprianou and Environment Commissioner Stavros...
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EFSA invites European Commission to dialogue on GMO issues
Brussels, 12 Apr 2006 Last Monday EFSA invited Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas to a meeting to update him on EFSA's scientific and procedural approach on food safety issues, especially on his...
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EFSA replies to European Commission questions related to GMO safeguard clauses
Brussels, 12 Apr 2006 The European Commission asked EFSA to provide a scientific reply to questions relating to five genetically modified organisms (GMOs) subject to safeguard clauses invoked by...
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Biotech Industry notes the European Commission statement that GMO decisions will continue to be based on science
Brussels, 12 Apr 2006 Today's debate by the College of Commissioners on the EU's regulatory approval process for products developed using agricultural biotechnology appeared to question the...
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Opinion of the Scientific Panel GMO related to genetically modified crops (Bt176 maize, MON810 maize, T25 maize, Topas 19/2 oilseed rape and Ms1xRf1 oilseed rape) subject to safeguard clauses invoked
Brussels, 12 Apr 2006 During the late 1990s and in 2000, a number of Member States invoked Article 16 of Directive 90/220/EEC , the so-called 'safeguard clause'. This safeguard clause provides that,...
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Peruvian Analysis of Potential Cases of Biopiracy, Prepared for the 24-28 April Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Fol
Geneva, 12 Apr 2006 ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL CASES OF BIOPIRACY The Case of Camu Camu (Myrciaria Dubia) INTRODUCTION In recent years, Peru has made it clear that the protection of its genetic resources...
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Disclosure Of Origin A Hot Topic In WIPO Patent Harmonisation Debate, says IP Watch (link)
Washington, D.C., 12 Apr 2006 Nations debating whether to harmonise national patent systems have turned their focus to developing country demands to include requirements that patent filers disclose...