In the wake of last week’s GM-corn and cancer controversy, Australian experts writing for the Conversation pick apart the back […]
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Study 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 […]
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ABIC 2012 Digest – Day Two: SMC media advisor Dacia Herbulock is attending the ABIC conference in Rotorua this week […]
Continue readingFood security – How will we feed 9 billion people in 2050?
Global food supply will have to double by the middle of the century to feed the world’s burgeoning population, and […]
Continue readingGM environmental benefits undebated – Straight Furrow
In the wake of GM debate raised by an NZ speaking tour by two Australian farmers opposed to GE plants, […]
Continue readingGene doping in sport? – Morning Report
For Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report, William Ray investigates the current and future possibilities of genetic manipulation to enhance performance […]
Continue readingGenetic engineering the future of sports doping?
The New Zealand Herald‘s Dylan Cleaver talks with Graeme Steel, Chief Executive of Drug Free Sport NZ, about the future […]
Continue readingGene-modified crops allow beneficial insects to thrive
Cotton crops genetically modified to kill pests may also allow other insect populations to increase as they do not require […]
Continue readingDialogue or Direct Action? – Prof Sir Peter Gluckman
In the wake of anti-GM sentiments at home and abroad, the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Prof Sir Peter Gluckman, […]
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