On the menu - transgenic salmon
The world's first transgenic Atlantic salmon could be dished up on dinner tables in as little as 12 months.Aqua Bounty
Canada is waiting for government approval to allow the fish to be sold for hu... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4027
No risk from HGT at Whakamaru
There are already nearly four million people in New Zealand excreting the gene which GE-Free NZ claims is such a risk in
horizontal gene transfer, the Chairman of the Life Sciences Network said today.... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4026
Biotech protocol may clash with WTO rules
A key international agreement on protecting the Earth's species against any possible risk from biotechnology will soon
come into force. The agreement, the Cartagena Protocol, is part of the United... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4024
UK faces backslide to the stone age
The UK is in danger of sliding back into the stone age unless the government tackles the growing anti-science culture,
senior technology industry figures warn. Public opposition against high-... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4023
Hastings District Council rejects GE-free status
Hastings District Council rural community board yesterday dismissed calls for a GE-free Hawke's Bay and guidelines to
safeguard the region from possible "contamination". Te Awanga resident L... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4022
French report calls for viable GM regulations
Members of the French Senate's commission for economic affairs have unanimously adopted a report detailing the steps
necessary to bring about a viable research and regulatory framework for the develop... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4021
DNA vaccine major step for disease control
By injecting human volunteers with one scrap of DNA and then another in a poxvirus, researchers have tricked their
immune systems into producing enough cells to attack malaria. It's a major step towar... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4020
Sustainable growth key APEC science focus
APEC member economies had today agreed that the main theme for the March 2004 meeting would be 'enhancing the capacity
of science, technology and innovation to deliver sustainable growth' across the A... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4019
APEC establishes Life Sciences innovation forum
The APEC Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI) has announced the launch of a new regional forum to capitalize on the
region's growing intellectual capabilities and opportunities presented by the lif... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4018
Greenpeace policies cause deaths in Africa
Greenpeace, the radical international environmentalist group, recently came under attack from an unusual source, writes
Richard Tren. The organisation that has spent decades attacking corporate in... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4016
Large DNA file to help track illness in blacks
Saying black people are in danger of being left behind at the newest frontier of medical research, Howard University
plans to create the nation's largest repository of DNA from African-Americans, says... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4015