http://www.generef.com/ GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource en-us Fri, 16 May 2008 2:35 PDT kcowing@reston.com mkboucher@spaceref.com Copyright 2007, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. http://www.generef.com/images/generef.sm.jpg http://www.generef.com/ 100 25 GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the shut down of cream cheese and seafood operations at Lifeway Foods, Inc. and its subsidiary, LFI Enterprises, Inc., both Illinois companies, until they are found compliant with food-safety laws. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=51270 Atrium Medical Corporation today announced that it is initiating a voluntary and precautionary recall of selected lots of HYDRAGLIDE Brand Heparin-Coated Thoracic Drainage Catheters. 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The FDA will work with Bayer to ensure a s http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=51213 Medtronic, Inc. announced that it is initiating a voluntary and precautionary recall of selected products featuring the Carmeda BioActive surface. The affected devices are disposable products used during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) for heart surgeries. A http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=51214 You might think that stocking the Great Lakes with things like trout and salmon would be good for the herring gull. The birds often eat from the water, so it would be natural to assume that more fish would mean better dining. But a new report published in http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=51207 Researchers from several universities of the USA and China have sequenced for the first time papaya genome; they have also identified the DNA of a transgenic organism for the first time. Prestigious scientific journal Nature has echoed this research work http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=51189 Scientists of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig and the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena succeeded in capturing syntrophic microorganisms that are known to dramatically reduce the oceanic emission of methane into the http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=51180 Move over "Longface", "Spooktacular" and "Trickster" -- there's a new face in the pumpkin patch. Researchers at the University of Georgia recently introduced "Orange Bulldog," a new variety of the familiar fall fruit that may soon be available to consume http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=51153 A recent study offers new information that can help schools and contractors get outdoor athletic fields ready for fall sports more quickly. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=51154 Agarose gel electrophoresis? Most teenagers wouldn't have a clue what this scientific term means, but middle school student Andrew Trigiano knows the protocol inside and out. Setting out to compare differences in popular brands of Easter egg dyes, Trigia http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=51155 The American Chemical Society's News Service Weekly PressPac contains reports from 36 major peer-reviewed journals on chemistry, health, medicine, energy, environment, food, nanotechnology and other hot topics. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=51156