Archives for August 27, 2003

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Improving poultry performance

Sygen International is to receive funding from the BIRD (Binational Industrial Research and Development) foundation to carry out research into disease resistance and mortality in poultry.

Trade 'distortion': impact on developing economies

Balancing liberalisation with a better deal for developing countries must be a priority for the World Trade Organisation as figures from a new report released yesterday show that protectionism and subsidies by industrialised nations cost developing...

Drunken yeast

Scientists could be closer to understanding why red-wine quaffing Mediterraneans live to a handsome age thanks to a new study that found an ingredient in red wine extended the life span of yeast.