background and objectives : resistance among bacterial isolates is the leading cause of increased mortality and morbidity worldwide. carbapenems once thought to be effective are becoming ineffective mostly due to the emergence of carbapenemase. this study was designed to determine in vitro efficacy of modified hodge test for detection of carbapenemase production in gram negative rods. material ...

BACKGROUND Safety assessment of genetically modified organisms is currently often performed by comparative evaluation. However, natural variation of plant characteristics between commercial varieties is usually not considered explicitly in the statistical computations underlying the assessment. RESULTS Statistical methods are described for the assessment of the difference between a geneticall...

This paper reviews the history of the federal regulatory oversight of plant agricultural biotechnology in the USA, focusing on the scientific and political forces moulding the continually evolving regulatory structure in place today. Unlike most other jurisdictions, the USA decided to adapt pre-existing legislation to encompass products of biotechnology. In so doing, it established an overarchi...

We report here a preliminary value for the πNN coupling constant deduced from the GMO sumrule for forward πN scattering. As in our previous determination from np backward differential scattering cross sections we give a critical discussion of the analysis with careful attention not only to the statistical, but also to the systematic uncertainties. Our preliminary evaluation gives g c (GMO) = 13...

A floristic survey of ethnomedicinal plants occurring in the tribal areas of Kaladera region in Rajasthan was conducted to assess the potentiality of plant resources for modern treatments. The information on medicinal uses of plants is based on the exhaustive interviews with local physicians practicing indigenous system of medicine, village headmen, priests and tribal folks. The present review ...

The paper emphasizes on the need of implementing the Biosafety Protocol for the developing countries and suggests to establish capacity building measures. It identifies various ways to detect GMOs and discuss their relevance in the context of developing countries. The paper has elaborated the concept of transgene and provides an overview of GMO regulations across various countries.