GM trial in buffer zone inquiry to proceed
The GM Advisory Council has told the New South Wales Government plants found in a buffer zone of a trial of genetically
modified canola are almost certainly non-GM.The council inspected the Bayer ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=5314
Quarantine upgrade for Queensland
Insect quarantine facilities at the State Government's Alan Fletcher Research Station are now among the best in the
world after the completion of a $600,000 upgrade, Natural Resources Minister Stephen... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=5311
HortResearch investment supports strategy
To support its expanding research into flavour and functional foods HortResearch will purchase two gas chromatography
mass spectrometry(GC-MS) machines costing just over $1 million in total. The Hor... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=5312
Biolines 47 now available
AfricaBio's monthly digest of the latest biotech information important to Africa, BioLines, is now available. ...
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Research into vaccine producing cows
Research to help defend against diseases that could be spread by bioterrorists is, according to this story, being
carried out in the pastures of northwest Iowa. The story says that calves have bee... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=5309
Should we improve our genome?
Now that we have decoded the human genome why don't we improve it?, Nicholas Wade asks.The question is at present
theoretical but could well emerge as the hardest of all bioethical issues. Biologi... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=5305