Translation of "recherche génétique " (French → English) :

The Committee in principle fully supports the intention underlying Bill C-279, An Act to amend the DNA Identification Act (establishment of indexes), and believes that the necessary steps must be taken, either by amending the DNA Identification Act or by providing for the establishment of a DNA human remains index and a DNA missing persons index, to help law enforcement agencies to search for and identify persons reported missing.

The research carried out by a consortium led by the Commission’s in-house scientific service, DG Joint Research Centre, examined the issue of adventitious presence of GM material in non-GM crops.

In the debate held this morning in the European Parliament on the report of the EP's Temporary Committee on Human Genetics presented by the rapporteur Francesco Fiori, Philippe Busquin, Commissioner for Research, clarified the Commission's position on the major questions connected with human genetics: research into stem cells and cloning, patentability of biotechnological inventions, genetic tests, production of genetics-based medicines, and use of personal data connected with genome analysis.

The European Group on Life Sciences (EGLS), composed of 11 European biologists recognised for their scientific excellence and their commitment to communicate with the public on the stakes of research in genetics, has been set up on April 26 2000 to inform the European Commissioner responsible for Research on the prospects of Life Sciences Research.

PROGRAMME CONTENTS A. Subprogramme "Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture": 1. Improvement of agricultural products - crop production: food and agro-industrial crops; crop genetics; crop protection; - proteins of animal origin: stock farming; animal genetics and reproduction; veterinary medicine; sea and inland fisheries, aquaculture; - forestry production in humid and arid areas. 2. Conservation and better use of the environment: - appraisal of resources; water resources and their use; soil management and protection, desertification and management of savannahs; underexploited genetic resources; wild flora and fauna; 3. Agricultural engineering and post-harvest technology: - agricultural engineering/mechanization; preservation o ...[+++]f products; processing of products; 4. Production systems: - multi-disciplinary approaches relating to plan products; inter-cropping; relationships between crop- growing and stock-farming; ecologically fragile environments; B. Subprogramme "Medicine, Health and Nutrition in Tropical and Subtropical Areas" 1. Medecine: - transmissible tropical diseases: parasitological; bacterial; viral; mycological; - non-transmissible tropical diseases: genetic disorders; acquired diseases; 2. Health: - health services research: operational research; plannng management and evaluation; - environmental health: water-related diseases; traditional medicine - tropical medicinal plants; 3. Nutrition: - nutritional deficiencies; impact of agricultural, food and social-economic strategies on nutritional status; - relationships between production and storage systems, food habits and health status; - bioavailability of nutrients and their toxicology///.

endorsed the envirogenomic approach to childhood asthma and called for a multidisciplinary approach in research projects simultaneously examining genetic and environmental factors; recognised the appropriateness of Europe as a basis for such work taking into account the availability of diverse genetic groups; emphasised that investigation of childhood asthma in the context of the envirogenomic approach should focus primarily on approaches to better prevention, diagnosis and management of asthma in children; called for full regard to be taken of ethical guidelines which should be applied in carrying out such research; and called for g ...[+++]reater research to be carried out into the problem of childhood asthma, for example using the envirogenomic approach, and endorsed the selection of childhood asthma as the prototype example.