We now have details of a new Bill which introduces long-awaited reforms to genetic modification rules, reducing restrictions for scientists to work with the […]
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New Zealand labs could soon start mass-producing “dairy-identical” proteins without using cows. The EPA has approved an application from Daisy […]
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Scotland plans to ban the growing of genetically modified crops with its government intending to request that the country be […]
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The media have reported widely on the viewpoints put forward by science and industry at this week’s Agricultural Biotechnology International […]
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ABIC 2012 Digest – Day Two: SMC media advisor Dacia Herbulock is attending the ABIC conference in Rotorua this week […]
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Global food supply will have to double by the middle of the century to feed the world’s burgeoning population, and […]
Continue readingPODCAST: Biotech – why do NZ investors bother with it?
A podcast recorded at the NZBio 2011 conference in Auckland (March 21 – 23, 2011) looking at the investment opportunities […]
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News wrap NBR: Surge in number of NZ biotechnology companies Key points: – Income from biotech companies rose from $158 […]
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Even scientists don’t believe that science can provide the answers to all the questions. But for the types of questions […]
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