Greenpeace barking up the wrong tree
Rather than trying to stop imports of GE soy for the livestock feed industry in New Zealand and Australia the Greenpeace
activists should be welcoming the shipments with open arms, the Chairman of the... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3607
The strain gain
Genetically modified cotton has succeeded so well commercially and environmentally in Australia that transgenic strains
will largely dominate the national crop within two years, a prominent Australian... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3606
Lords uphold cloning law
The House of Lords has rejected a "pro-life" charity's challenge to laws allowing therapeutic cloning. The procedure
involves taking healthy cells from a patient and using them to create copies, whi... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3603
GE fan voted NZ's top scientist
A biologist who wants to genetically modify new plants to improve the world's environment has been elected president of
the Royal Society of New Zealand - officially our top scientist, says a story fo... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3602
Fresh tactics to combat bio-intruders
Border control is certain to be tightened after an extensive investigation into the number of alien organisms entering
New Zealand. Changes could include contracting private companies to carry out... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3601
Cashing in on a biotech treasure trove
Business writer, Rod Oram, writing in the Sunday Star Times says the 135 scientists at Genesis Research & Development, our leading biotechnology company, must feel unappreciated. It is not their probl... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3600