Genesis Research & EvoGenix in drug collaboration
Genesis Research and Development Corporation Limited and EvoGenix Pty Limited have announced the signing of a
collaboration agreement for a joint research and development programme to discover novel a... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3757
Voluntary food labelling to stay
The New Zealand government has made it clear it does not support mandatory country of origin labelling of food, despite
agreeing to a policy direction on mandatory labelling at the Australia and New Z... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3756
India to conduct GM potato trial
The Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) in Shimla, India is set to conduct limited field trials with GM potatoes
tolerant to the potato tuber moth, following the Department of Biotechnology's app... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3755
Councils told to commit to non-GM food
Commit to non-GM food, councils told Environmental groups have urged councils to commit to non-genetically modified food
in the run-up to the elections on May 1. Friends of the Earth has asked c... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3754
Australian GM trial meets opposition
Conservationists are opposing the latest trials of genetically modified (GM) cotton near Broome, in Western Australia's
north-west, fearing they are a precursor to wider use.The industry-supported... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3753
SA to review GMO legislation
A report will be tabled in South Africa's parliament at the end of a conference this month on the environmental and
health concerns about genetically modified organisms. This opens up the possibil... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3752
Nuffield Council to review GM
In the UK, the Nuffield Council on bioethics has announced that it will re-assess the conclusions and recommendations of
its 1999 report, entitled Genetically Modified Crops: Ethical and Social Issues... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3751
African ministers say their nations need biotech
Kenya and Uganda urgently need appropriate modern biotechnology packages to help improve the declining production of
major food and cash crop according to their ministers of agriculture. Though bi... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3750
Chinese scientists discover super-yield rice gene
Chinese scientists have discovered a gene in rice that they hope could increase each plant's yield, if manipulated in
the right way. Boosting yield means many more grains per plant at the same cost fo... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3749