Proceeding with caution, by Dr Ashraf Choudhary
Nature is the master of genetic shuffling and is constantly sorting and resorting DNA, causing both subtle and profound
changes in all living things. People first began their own DNA management thousa... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4877
US Govt funds stem cell research
The United States Government announced three small grants on Monday for researchers to examine human embryonic stem
cells, saying the research offers huge potentialFederal funding for the work has... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4875
High price to pay in banishing risk
A problem with genetic modification is that it invites us to take risks and the 20th century gnawed away our tolerance
for risk gone bad, Colin James writes in the New Zealand Herald.Paradoxically... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4874
Ethics, what ethics?
‘MaDGE's latest gasp for public attention denigrates women and illustrates what little grasp this group has of reality,"
Chairman of the Life Sciences Network, Dr William Rolleston, said today. ‘M... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4873
Australia cottons on to GM success
Scientific research in Australia has lead to new varieties of cotton that allow farmers to use half the normal amount of
chemical pesticides and herbicides.Toowoomba-based scientists are conductin... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4872
GM foods as safe as conventional varieties
A recently published United States Government report concludes that foods produced using biotechnology are as safe as
conventional foods. There is no scientific evidence to suggest that they pose a lo... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4870
No revelations in corngate documents
The massive "Corngate" paper trail continued yesterday with the Government releasing hundreds more pages of documents
and e-mails on the issue.The release was in response to a National Party offic... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4869