UK approves new GM wheat trial
Britain has approved a new field trial of genetically modified (GM) wheat, as hundreds of U.S. farm groups press for a
moratorium on its full-scale introduction amid trans-crop contamination worries a... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3727
There seems to be some disconnect from reality when one hears strident voices dogmatically proclaiming that our food
system has "failed" and must be entirely transformed, or that the "Green Revolution... More...
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Queensland signs biotech agreement with NZ
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie and NZ Science Minister Peter Hodgson have signed a strategic biotechnology agreement
to accelerate collaboration between Queensland and New Zealand's biotechnology se... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3725
GE shows way to SARS virus identity
Contrary to recent speculative assertions from anti-GE activists the science of genetic engineering has brought the
world closer to identifying the deadly SARS virus, rather than causing it.In New... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3724
US breeding sheep which don't need shearing
Nature science magazine reports today that American farmers are breeding wool-free sheep to bring down the cost of meat
production. Writer Hannah Hoag says the new breed are called hair sheep, "th... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3723