Memorial Service for Crop & Food Research staff
A Memorial service for the seven Crop & Food Research staff who passed away in the plane crash on Friday 6 June will held on Tuesday 17 June in Christchurch
Cathedral.The service will commence at... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4102
Australian expert positive about NZ biotech
New Zealand and Queensland should work together to take advantage of global opportunities in biotechnology, according
to a report prepared for Industry New Zealand by leading Australian biotechnology ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4101
ACT extends sympathy to crash victims' families
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today extended his deepest sympathy to the families of the seven Crop and Food
Research employees, and the pilot, who were killed in Friday's plane crash.... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4100
UK scientist puts odds for apocalypse at evens
Deena Beasley of Reuters says this is the way the world might end: A genetically engineered pathogen is released,
debris from an erupting "supervolcano" blocks the sun or scientists in the biggest "bi... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4099
MaDGE opens High Court case
Newsquest reports that Mothers Against Genetic Engineering (MaDGE) has told the High Court in Auckland that ERMA and the
Government should not have allowed GM experiments involving transgenic cows.... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4098
New stem cell find could boost immune systems
Canadian researchers say they have uncovered a new type of adult stem cell that one day may be used to generate blood
cells to help boost wrecked immune systems. Stem cells are immature cells that... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4097
Management vow institute will remain a leader
The research institute devastated by the tragic deaths of seven key staff in a plane crash on Friday will continue to
be a science leader, its management have pledged. The Press reports Lincoln-ba... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4096
Crop & Food survivor on the mend
Funerals for those killed in Friday night's plane crash near Christchurch will be held over the next few days, and will
be followed by memorial services.Seven senior managers from Crop and Food Re... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4095
Protein therapy returns racehorses to top form
Tendon injuries have forced the retirement of many great racehorses including “Saintly” and “Might and
Power”.Australian researchers have developed a new treatment that helps tendons heal with les... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4094
Genetic discrimination bill moving ahead
Passage of a bill to bar genetic discrimination would help remove the fear that patients who undergo genetic testing
could lose their health insurance or their jobs, experts predicted.Legislation ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4093