Chickens Ready to Fly the Coop in Russia

Import bans on U.S. chickens lift, but processors still have plenty to squawk about.

Researchers discover enzyme crucial for DNA repair

Researchers have discovered an enzyme crucial to a type of DNA repair that also causes resistance to a class of cancer drugs most commonly used against ovarian cancer.Scientists from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the Life Sciences Institute of Zhejiang University in China report the discovery of the enzyme and its role in repairing DNA damage called cross-linking in the ...

Tasty transgenics

Check out ongoing projects that are tinkering with edible animals

Industry starts recovery

Indiana had been approving megafarm applications at a rising rate for several years.

Backyard farms taking flight in NH

BROOKLINE After being laid off from a job in marketing and sales last summer, Mary Bendix did what any person in her shoes would have done: She joined a networking group, put together her resume and began sending it out. A year later, the 55-year-old recycling industry professional has exhausted her unemployment benefits and still has no prospects. To keep from going stir crazy, Bendix planted ...