Undiagnosed malnutrition and nutrition-related problems in geriatric patients.

Background & Aims: Malnutrition is common in geriatric patients and associated with poor outcome. If recognised, effective treatment is possible. In recent years, low nutritional awareness among health care professionals (HCPs) has been deplored with respect to the general hospital population.

Monitoring the Cry1Ab susceptibility of European corn borer in Germany.

The European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner), is one of the most important insect pests in corn, Zea mays L. Transgenic corn cultivars expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin provide a promising crop protection strategy against European corn borer; however, management is needed to avoid resistance development of the target pest species. The aim of this work was to establish the baseline susceptibility of different European corn borer populations in Germany to be able to forecast a possible development of resistance at an early stage.

Regulatory and associated political issues with respect to Bt transgenic maize in the European union.

Legislation at the national level in Europe as well as that developed by the European Union (EU) generally permits release and commercialization of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). However, only 10 plant/event combinations were registered as of 2002: three maize events (Bt176, Mon810, and Bt11), with the other seven divided among carnation (3), oil-seed rape (2), tobacco (1), and raddiccio (1). Of these, only one maize event (Bt176) has been registered as a legal variety, and this was in Spain, where 22,000ha have been planted annually since 1998.

Monitoring gene flow from transgenic sugar beet using cytoplasmic male-sterile bait plants.

One of the most discussed environmental effects associated with the use of transgenic plants is the flow of genes to plants in the environment. The flow of genes may occur through pollen since it is the reproductive system that is designed for gene movement. Pollen-mediated gene escape is hard to control in mating plants.