For about two years, selective inhibitors of cyclooxygenase-2 have been hailed as powerful additions to the armamentarium of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Predicted by financial analysts to become among the pharmaceutical industry's greatest-ever blockbusters, two so-called coxibs are now widely utilized clinically: rofecoxib (Vioxx, Merck) and celecoxib (Celebrex, Monsanto). T...

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Keith Goffin graduated from Durham University in 1977 with a first class honours degree in Physics and subsequently obtained a masters in Medical Physics from Aberdeen University. In 1980 he joined the Medical Products Group of Hewlett-Packard (HP) in Germany as an engineer working on new product development. Later, he held various management roles including Product Marketing...

Three researchers share this years’ Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Dr William S. Knowles, who has been working at Monsanto Company, St Louis, USA; Professor Ryoji Noyori, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan and Professor K. Barry Sharpless, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences rewards the three chemists for: ”their development of cata...

A gene has been introduced into soybeans to confer tolerance to glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide, Roundup (Monsanto Co., St. Louis, Mo.) 1,2 Soybean varieties expressing this trait will enable farmers to use Roundup herbicide within the crop during the growing season. Previous studies have confirmed the safety of the introduced protein (5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synth...

Chronic health effects are increasing in the world such as cancers, hormonal, reproductive, nervous, or immune diseases, even in young people. During regulatory toxicological subchronic tests to prevent these on mammalian health, prior commercialization of chemicals, including pesticides and drugs, or GMOs, some statistically significant findings may be revealed. This discussion is about the ne...

The common kestrel Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758, is a widespread raptor, native in Europe, Asia and Africa, and vagrant in the Americas. In the current work, 27 fecal samples were collected from common kestrels kept in the Lisbon Center for Wild Animal Recovery, located at Monsanto Forest Park, Lisbon, Portugal. Five (19%) of them were found to be passing an undescribed species of Caryospor...

soon to be approved gM salmon can mate with wild trout AquaBounty, a biotech company headquar-tered in Maynard, MA, is in the process of gaining FDA approval for their transgenic salmon, potentially making them the first GM animals to be approved for human consumption. AquAdvantage® salmon include a gene from the Chinook salmon, which provides the fish with the potential to grow to market size ...

Monsanto, the world's largest seed producer, which is the focus of European opposition to genetically modified crops still banned from commercial planting throughout the European Union, has flagged up a new conventional variety of broccoli set to win awards at a major European show this month. The company is hoping that the new broccoli, Bellaverde, will sway the judges at the Fruit Logistica s...