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BY MONICA DOBIE
BOTOX injections – generally used to diminish wrinkles – have been found to successfully relieve symptoms of enlarged prostate and urinary problems without serious side affects according to new research presented at the American Urological Association. It is unclear how the drug works but researchers think it is because it relaxes tight muscles around the prostate and urinary tract.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADA’S Molson Inc. has launched a slim 250-ml beer can, a first in the Canadian beer market. The company hopes consumers will view the new packaging as “cool” and a “conversation-starter”. Eight of the skinnier cans, containing Molson Canadian, Dry or the company’s new low-carb Ultra brand, are priced the same as a six-pack of standard 355-ml cans.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE NEWLY renamed European Medicines Agency (EMA) has launched asked for comments on a ‘road map to 2010: preparing the ground for the future’. It outlines the agency’s strategy to “further develop as one of the world’s foremost regulatory authorities for medicinal products, which is public health oriented, science-driven and transparent”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN EU-funded research consortium is producing biodegradable plastics from whey separated from milk curd during cheese-making. WHEYPOL is synthesising the polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) generated from whey. *http://ica.cordis.lu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=proj.simpledocument&PJ_RCN=5316860&CFID=83049&CFTOKEN=71957927…

Keith Nuthall
A BRITISH research project is developing a three dimensional airport detection system to pick out concealed objects using harmless microwaves, instead of the harmful x-rays traditionally used in terminals. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council-funded Northumbria University project is developing a two-stage system using conventional detectors to measure two-dimensional microwave patterns caused by hidden objects and then computer software constructing 3-dimensional images from this data.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EURO 11.7 million grant has been awarded by the European Commission to a European Union (EU) research project that will try to identify novel approaches for preventing HIV-1 transmission. The European Microbicides Project (EMPRO) involves 29 institutions from Europe and developing countries and is coordinate by King’s College, London.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ONLINE tool has been released by a European Commission-funded research project allowing local authorities to assess their sustainable development, measured across a wide range of activities. The Local Evaluation 21 system will allow councils for the first time – claim its developers – to compare their record with all other local authorities in Britain and those of a similar size from other European Union (EU) countries.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to lend Spanish utility Enagás SA up to Euro 450 million to reinforce and extend the country’s gas transmission network and reserve facilities. These improvements would cover most of the country and are included in the 2002-2011 Spanish National Energy Plan.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A DECADE of plant breeding in California has resulted in the introduction of a new speciality peach called the Galaxy that US scientists claims looks like a New York bagel. Geneticist David W. Ramming from the Agricultural Research Service developed the exotic “big” peach, which is squat and round in appearance.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL walnut symposium has been scheduled in Naples, Italy, from November 7-9, with experts considering the nut’s uses and its propagation. Basic and applied research will be presented. *http://www.walnut2004.sistemacongressi.com/…