This month, the US government issued a memo on updating the regulation of biotech products—products obtained through genetic engineering or organisms resulting from targeted gene manipulation. The update will address the fact that each federal agency dealing with biotech products (the EPA, FDA and USDA) currently has its own regulations and guidance, and that science […]

Last month’s “Global Nature Index” reported worldwide research contributions by region. With 57,501 papers from 2014 in the “Index,” North America, North and West Europe, and East and Southeast Asia accounted for 91% of the total whole fractional count (WFC) of articles, at 19,425, 15,785 and 11,464, respectively. These regions accounted for most of the […]