Canola approval bodes well
OGTR approval for the release of genetically modified canola marks a new phase in the transition of GM crops from
research to the marketplace say scientists at Australia’s CSIRO.Last week’s decisi... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4379
No problems for Aust with GM crops - ABARE study
Australia would have no trouble finding overseas markets if it started planting genetically modified crops, a new report
has found. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (Ab... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4378
Time for Govts to reconsider GM ban
The Australian Oilseed's Federation - many of whose members grow conventional canola - see the Gene Technology
Regulator's decision to approve the commercial release of GM canola as a way to change th... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4377
Grains Council welcomes OGTR decision on GM canola
Australian farmers have been given the green light to grow commercial crops of genetically modified canola.Last week
Australian Gene Technology Regulator, Dr Sue Meek, announced her decision that ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4376
Consumer favour for GM crops growing
A study conducted for the BBC in Northern Ireland has found many consumers say they would prefer genetically modified
crops to the use of chemical sprays in conventional food production. The resea... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4375
Bellamy claims SARS caused by genetic engineering
World famous science entertainer, Dr David Bellamy, stunned the New Zealand science community today by asserting the
SARS virus was the result of genetic engineering. Although there has been some re... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4374
GM trees reduce soil pollution
Using GE technology researchers from the University of Georgia have modified cottonwood plants to help reduce mercury
contamination in soils and wasteland and say the plants may be used commercially w... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4373
GM canola decision shouldn't alarm growers
Grain growers are being reminded that approval for the commercial release of genetically modified canola will not have
any immediate impact in NSW, as there is a moratorium in place.Chair of the N... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4370
GM vaccine for cattle TB points to help for humans
New Zealand scientists are developing a new vaccine for tuberculosis in cows which may also help millions of human
victims of the disease writes Simon Collins in the NZ Herald. The scientists, at ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4368
Farmers, scientists hit back in gene row
Farmers and scientists have hit back in the debate over genetically modified food, calling a lobby group
"anti-democratic" for wanting New Zealand to remain a GM-free food producer, reports Dominion P... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4367
Biotenz News Update - 24 July 2003
The latest issue of Biotenz News Update has been posted to the Biotenz website. Index: Wayne Burt Takes on Bigger Role
at A2Council Says Gap ClosingPartnership to Study Fishing Byproducts... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4366
GE fears make New Zealand 'a laughing stock'
A top scientist who has come home after 14 years in Britain tells NZ Herald Science writer, Simon Collins, New Zealand's
restrictions on genetic modification are making this country "a laughing stock"... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4365