Golden Rice – five years on the road – five years to go?

Golden Rice--five years on the road--five years to go?

Provitamin A accumulates in the grain of Golden Rice as a result of genetic transformation. In developing countries, where vitamin A deficiency prevails, grain from Golden Rice is expected to provide this important micronutrient sustainably through agriculture. Since its original production, the prototype Golden Rice has undergone intense research to increase the provitamin A content, to establ...

Captopril: five years on.

The Next Five Years

Hypertension is both a disease and a risk factor. Long-term research objectives are to understand blood pressure homeostasis and the pathogeneses of the various forms of hypertension. Short-term research objectives center around enhancing methods for detection, evaluation, treatment, and control of high blood pressure because, even in the absence of precise knowledge of the etiology of hyperten...

The Next Five Years

On August 1, I had the honor of becoming Editor-in-Chief of CBE—Life Sciences Education, replacing William (Bill) Wood, who led the journal in this capacity for the past five years. Bill spearheaded a significant broadening in the scope of the journal, including its renaming to CBE—Life Sciences Education and an expansion of the editorial board to represent more life science disciplines and a g...

Civil partnerships five years on.

The Civil Partnership Act 2004, which came into force in December 2005 allowing same-sex couples in the UK to register their relationship for the first time, celebrated its fifth anniversary in December 2010. This article examines civil partnership in England and Wales, five years on from its introduction. The characteristics of those forming civil partnerships between 2005 and 2010 including a...