Publications by authors named "M V Ardizzone"

Genetically modified maize DP51291 was developed to confer control against susceptible corn rootworm pests and tolerance to glufosinate-containing herbicide; these properties were achieved by introducing the and expression cassettes. The molecular characterisation data and bioinformatic analyses do not identify issues requiring food/feed safety assessment. None of the identified differences in the agronomic/phenotypic and compositional characteristics tested between maize DP51291 and its conventional counterpart needs further assessment, except for phosphorus in forage and manganese, proline, oleic acid (C18:1) and linoleic acid (C18:2) in grain, which do not raise safety and nutritional concerns.

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Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a nurse-led intervention combining face-to-face and group education sessions for the acquisition of safety skills by patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases treated with biologics.

Methods: This multicentre randomised controlled trial compared two individual patient education sessions against a combination of an individual session at baseline and a group session 3 months later. The primary outcome was a validated questionnaire (BioSecure) scored at 6 and 12 months that assessed competencies and problem-solving abilities to deal with fever, infection, vaccination, and daily situations.

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Article Synopsis
  • The European GMO Panel reviewed new information regarding a genetically modified soybean application (MON × MON 87708 × MON 89788) after a request from the European Commission.
  • A 90-day feeding study demonstrated that diets containing the GM soybean did not show any adverse effects in rats, meeting regulatory requirements.
  • The panel concluded that the GM soybean is as safe as its non-GM counterparts and does not present nutritional concerns for humans or animals based on the findings from both earlier assessments and the recent study.
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Genetically modified (GM) maize DP910521 was developed to confer resistance against certain lepidopteran insect pests as well as tolerance to glufosinate herbicide; these properties were achieved by introducing the expression cassettes. The molecular characterisation data and bioinformatic analyses did not identify issues requiring food/feed safety assessment. None of the identified differences in the agronomic/phenotypic and compositional characteristics tested between maize DP910521 and its conventional counterpart needs further assessment except for the levels of iron in grain, which do not raise safety and nutritional concerns.

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Genetically modified maize MON 95275 was developed to confer protection to certain coleopteran species. These properties were achieved by introducing the , and expression cassettes. The molecular characterisation data and bioinformatic analyses reveal similarity to known toxins, which was further assessed.

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