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GM Discussion : October 10, 2003
GM Discussion : October 10, 2003
1. Provoking public
debate
2. Bee research links genes with behaviour
3.
United Future convinced moratorium should end
4. Stem
cell treatment relieves angina in trial
5. Kenya sets
date to table GM food Bill
6. Indian study finds Bt
cotton benefits
7. NOOM Bill enters final stages
8.
Libertarianz support right to choose
9. Anti-GM
campaigners working frantically
Provoking public
debate
MAdGE’s billboards continue to stir passions. Food
Technology in New Zealand has interviewed Alannah Currie
about the campaign which MAdGE says is designed to provoke
public debate about the social an...
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http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4936
Bee
research links genes with behaviour
A honeybee turns on
and off 40 percent of her genes as she matures from being a
"nurse" to a forager in her short, busy life, US researchers
said on Thursday. The findings suggest that genes and
b...
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http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4935
United
Future convinced moratorium should end
GMOs are a reality
and it's time the focus shifted from "pseudo-moratoriums" to
preparing regulations and managing the risks, United Future
environment spokesman Larry Baldock said today.Speaking
...
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http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4934
Stem
cell treatment relieves angina in trial
A Melbourne
scientist has released the results of a medical trial
showing a new stem cell treatment helps relieve angina
symptoms.The trial of five patients who suffered heart
attacks and angina s...
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http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4933
Kenya
sets date to table GM food Bill
A Bill to regulate the
use of genetically modified foods will be tabled in the
Kenyan Parliament early next year. The Bio Safety Bill is
being reviewed at the Attorney General's chambers
befor...
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http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4930
Indian
study finds Bt cotton benefits
A study conducted by the
University of Agriculture in Dharwad has revealed that the
cultivation of Bt cotton results in reduction of pesticides.
The study concluded that more Bollworm damage was
r...
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http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4929
NOOM
Bill enters final stages
The New Organisms and Other
Matters Bill, which will incorporate recommendations from
the Royal Commission on GM to allow for commercial release
of GMOs, is expected to pass its final stages in
Parlia...
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http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4928
Libertarianz
support right to choose
Libertarianz Deputy Leader
Stephen Berry is eagerly anticipating 'The Big March' on
October Saturday 11, which will call for an extension of the
GE moratorium."As the sole defenders of individual
...
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http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4927
Anti-GM
campaigners working frantically
Anti-GM organisers are
working frantically to create a groundswell of support in
the lead-up to the end of the moratorium writes Anne Beston
in the NZHerald. They are hoping protest marches being
...
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http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4925
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