Archives for May 5, 2003

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Royal Schouten Group announces merger

Netherlands-based Royal Schouten Group has merged four of its food and health ingredients companies to form Acatris. The merger involves Daminco, Orffa Health & Nutrition, Schouten USA and SoyLife Nederland.

A toast to bread mould genome

The pursuit of genome sequencing continues with the news this week that scientists from seven nations have revealed the genome sequence of the bread mould Neurospora crassa.

Can PCBs harm boy birthrate?

Adding to a growing body of evidence that suggests environmental pollution may have an impact on the proportion of male births around the world, a new study from the US states that women exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls may be less likely to give...