Press monitoring
Now, taste a new kind of rice
2.3.2006 | Press monitoring
When many farmers in Chennai and other districts were struggling hard to come out of the consequences of the unprecedented rains that lashed the State last year, C Ramachandra Naidu, a farmer of Alathur village in Kancheepuram district, had a smile on his face.
US: Organic farmers debate genetic engineering of crops
2.3.2006 | Press monitoring
At the 26th annual Ecological Farming Conference in Pacific Grove in late January, Dave Henson, director of the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center in Occidental and a steering committee member of the Californians for GE-Free Agriculture campaign, and Charles Benbrook, chief scientist at the Organic Center, addressed the question.
Greece firm on GM corn, Environmentalists and consumers applaud 18-month extension on ban
2.3.2006 | Press monitoring
Environmentalists and consumer groups applauded the government’s move yesterday to stand firm on a ban prohibiting a genetically modified seed developed by US biotech group Monsanto on the grounds that it poses an environmental risk.
Argentina to export biodiesel to Europe
2.3.2006 | Press monitoring
A small Argentinean biotech firm, Oilfox, signed a five year contract to start exporting in April or May 2006 one million litres of soybean-derived biodiesel to a German fuel distribution company.
A Gene-Based Model to Simulate Soybean Development and Yield Responses to Environment
2.3.2006 | Press monitoring
Realizing the potential of agricultural genomics into practical applications requires quantitative predictions for complex traits and different genotypes and environmental conditions.
Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of plants: biology and biotechnology
2.3.2006 | Press monitoring
Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation is the dominant technology used for the production of genetically modified transgenic plants.
Gene Therapy Progress and Prospects – Vectorology: design and production of expression cassettes in AAV vectors
2.3.2006 | Press monitoring
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) derived vectors are considered highly eligible vehicles for human gene therapy.
Oncogenic pathway signatures in human cancers as a guide to targeted therapies
2.3.2006 | Press monitoring
The development of an oncogenic state is a complex process involving the accumulation of multiple independent mutations that lead to deregulation of cell signalling pathways central to the control of cell growth and cell fate1, 2, 3.
Biotech Food Myths, Misconceptions and Misinformation - A Response to False Activist Claims
2.3.2006 | Press monitoring
On June 15, a group of anti-biotech organic food activists calling themselves the "Independent Science Panel" issued a report called The Case for a GM-Free Sustainable World, regarding crops and foods improved using modern biotechnology techniques. That report makes a series of claims regarding bioengineered crops that is not supported by the...
