April 8, 2005
- Scientists have shown that the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum hides from the human immune system by continuously changing the protein PfEMP1 that it deposits on the surface of infected cells. (BBC)
- Researchers at the Australian research institute, the CSIRO, have created transgenic Arabidopsis that can synthesise omega-3 fatty acids. If this technology was incorporated in genetically modified food crops it would have the potential to reduce the demand on world fish stocks. (ABC)
Read more about this topic: April 2005 In Science
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“In April 1917 the illusion of isolation was destroyed, America came to the end of innocence, and of the exuberant freedom of bachelor independence. That the responsibilities of world power have not made us happier is no surprise. To help ourselves manage them, we have replaced the illusion of isolation with a new illusion of omnipotence.”
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