NZ cancer research looks to fish genes
Much loved in aquariums, the zebrafish is at the forefront of research work in New Zealand into leukaemia. Kathy
Crosier, professor of molecular medicine at the University of Auckland, told a chil... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4186
Gene silencing technology developed in Australia
Brisbane-based biotech company Benitec has secured patents in the UK and United States for a gene technology
breakthrough that allows genes in any organism to be silenced.Effective in humans, anim... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4185
OGTR issues licence for GM cholera vaccine
Decision on issuing a licence for application DIR 033/2002 The Gene Technology Regulator (the Regulator) has made a
decision to issue a licence to CLS Ltd for the continued commercial re... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4184
GM labelling report published in UK
The UK Food Standards Agency has published a report to the European Commission on the EC co-ordinated programme of
checks on the labelling of genetically modified foods. The European Commission r... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4183
Industry welcomes OGTR cotton decision
Last week’s decision by Australia’s Gene Technology Regulator to authorise the continued commercial release of Roundup
Ready cotton allows farmers to continue to adopt a popular technology in the coun... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4182
Bush urges Europe to end GM moratorium
The U.S. President, George Bush, has opened a biotechnology conference in Washington with a call to Europe to end its
moratorium on genetically modified crops.Mr Bush says the ban is based on unfo... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4181