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Expert Reactions

A round-up of comment from experts on breaking stories and ongoing issues in science and technology.

Novel coronavirus – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 25 September 201227 September 2012

The World Health Organisation has issued a notification highlighting a novel virus which comes from the same family as the […]

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Study on cancer and GM maize – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 20 September 201221 September 2012

A new study released overnight claims that GM maize treated with the herbicide RoundUp causes a variety of cancers in […]

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Drugs “on-the-cob” could provide cheaper therapies

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 19 September 201219 September 2012

A treatment for a rare disease, which could previously only be manufactured by expensive cell culture techniques, may now be […]

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Medication and driving – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 13 September 201213 September 2012

Drugs prescribed to treat anxiety, depression and insomnia may increase patients’ risk of being involved in motor vehicle accidents, according […]

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Concern over Australian GM wheat – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 12 September 201213 September 2012

Two scientists, working in conjunction with the Safe Food Foundation in Australia, claim CSIRO-developed genetically modified wheat may have unintended […]

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NIWA climate record court decision – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 07 September 201210 September 2012

The High court has has ruled in favour of NIWA, rejecting a legal challenge of the Crown Research Institute’s national […]

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GM biotech players outline their science roadmaps

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 04 September 2012

ABIC 2012 Digest – Day Two: SMC media advisor Dacia Herbulock is attending the ABIC conference in Rotorua this week […]

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New plain packaging research – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 04 September 201204 September 2012

As New Zealand deliberates over the introduction of ‘plain packaging’ for cigarettes, a new study confirms that such measures reduce […]

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Is ‘organic’ food healthier? – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 04 September 201204 September 2012

New research, based on an analysis of several hundred studies, has cast doubt on arguments that organically grown foods are more […]

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Previous abortions linked to adverse birth outcomes – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 30 August 201230 August 2012

One of the largest studies to look at the effect of induced abortions on a subsequent first birth has found […]

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