Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) have been found in sewage sludge, a by-product of waste-water treatment frequently used as a fertilizer. Researchers writing in the open access journal Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica point out the danger of antibiotic resistance genes passing into the human food chain.

Scientists from St George's, University of London achieved a major advance by developing a protein that can kill the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) when used as a microbicide. What's more, the researchers have devised a way to produce the protein in plants in quantities enough to make it affordable for people in developing countries.

Uganda government is boosting its investment in modern biotechnology laboratories as well as human resources development to boost its agricultural productivity, the State Minister for Animal Industry and Fisheries, Bright Rwamirama, said while opening the conference on Delivering Agricultural Biotechnology to African Farmers: Linking Economic Research to Decision Making, in Entebbe, Uganda.

Raleigh, N.C. -- An anchovies recall by a national restaurant food-supply company, might be connected to the cause of what sickened 10 people at a popular Five Points restaurant April 17. Monarch Food Service recalled the anchovies because they contain a high level of histamines, which can cause fish poisoning.