The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Serge Haroche and David J. Winelan. The Laureates independently invented […]
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Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology – experts respond
Expert reaction to Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology awarded to John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka The comments below were […]
Continue readingEU finds GM maize and cancer study ‘inadequate’
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has conducted an initial review into a highly criticised French study linking herbicide resistant […]
Continue readingFertile mouse eggs created from stem cells – experts respond
Japanese researchers have turned mouse stem cells into germ cells that give rise to eggs in living mice, which then […]
Continue readingLow allergy milk from engineered cow – experts respond
New Zealand scientists have genetically engineered a cow to produce milk lacking beta-lactoglobulin, a protein to which some people are […]
Continue readingNovel coronavirus – experts respond
The World Health Organisation has issued a notification highlighting a novel virus which comes from the same family as the […]
Continue readingStudy on cancer and GM maize – experts respond
A new study released overnight claims that GM maize treated with the herbicide RoundUp causes a variety of cancers in […]
Continue readingDrugs “on-the-cob” could provide cheaper therapies
A treatment for a rare disease, which could previously only be manufactured by expensive cell culture techniques, may now be […]
Continue readingMedication and driving – experts respond
Drugs prescribed to treat anxiety, depression and insomnia may increase patients’ risk of being involved in motor vehicle accidents, according […]
Continue readingConcern over Australian GM wheat – experts respond
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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