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Testing time in GE fight
Tuesday, 21 October 2003, 10:33 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Another piece of legislation that slipped through recently was the lifting of the moratorium on genetically engineered field crops, Kerre Woodham writes.The Government is now allowing trials to pr... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=5054 More >>
UK field trial results spark local debate
Monday, 20 October 2003, 9:49 am | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
The result of field trials in the UK on GM crops are adding weight to debate from both sides of the genetic modification argument, Newstalk ZB reports. New Zealand Green Party co-leader Jeanette F... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=5033 More >>
Response to criticism by Norwegian scientist
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 10:36 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
A number of people contacted the Life Sciences Network today after the broadcast of an interview with Norway Professor Dr Terje Traavik on National Radio.Concern was widespread among people who li... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4995 More >>
Offshore dollars beckon Wallaceville scientists
Tuesday, 14 October 2003, 11:26 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
The pull of overseas dollars appears greater than the attractions of Dunedin for some AgResearch scientists from the Wallaceville campus in Upper Hutt. Just seven of the 24-person team have agreed... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4975 More >>
Life Sciences Say Police Estimates Much Lower
Monday, 13 October 2003, 9:30 am | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Official Police estimates of the numbers of anti-GM protestors are much lower than the numbers being claimed by activist organisations. More >>
Postcard campaign faces major hurdles
Thursday, 9 October 2003, 10:05 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Attempts by anti-GM activists to persuade Government to extend the GM moratorium by posting 170,000 cards to the Prime Minister may struggle to have an impact.The organisers have distributed the c... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4923 More >>
NZ markets & image safe, Minister says
Thursday, 9 October 2003, 8:54 am | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
GE and non-GE crops could be grown in New Zealand without damaging each others potential markets, Environment Minister the Hon Marian Hobbs has said.The Government has argued that case-by-case reg... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4913 More >>
Sconz tells only half the story
Tuesday, 7 October 2003, 11:30 am | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
The standard of evidence used by anti-GM groups continues to drop as they become more desperate to change Government policy, Chairman of the Life Sciences Network Dr William Rolleston said today. More >>
First Australasian lab given GM testing approval
Monday, 6 October 2003, 9:44 am | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
A Victorian laboratory has become the first Australian lab to receive international accreditation to test for genetically modified food, plant products and animal feeds.Dr Lyn Davies from the Melb... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4891 More >>
Proceeding with caution, by Dr Ashraf Choudhary
Wednesday, 1 October 2003, 9:26 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Nature is the master of genetic shuffling and is constantly sorting and resorting DNA, causing both subtle and profound changes in all living things. People first began their own DNA management thousa... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4877 More >>
GE onions attract record submissions
Tuesday, 30 September 2003, 11:48 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
More than 1900 people and organisations have made submissions on plans by crown science company Crop and Food Research to field test genetically engineered onions. The previous record number of su... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4866 More >>
GM Discussion : September 29, 2003
Monday, 29 September 2003, 5:25 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
1. Biosafety Protocol could stifle trade 2. Mis-using the precautionary principle 3. Reaching a sensible conclusion on liability 4. Biotenz News Update - 26 September 2003 5. Vero confirms GM exclusion More >>
Minister says insurance approach not unusual
Monday, 29 September 2003, 8:50 am | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Environment Minister Marian Hobbs says the attitude taken byan insurance company over genetic modification is unsurprising as it reflects the relative "newness" of the technology in New Zealand.... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4850 More >>
Gene associated with increased stroke risk
Tuesday, 23 September 2003, 9:12 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Researchers in Iceland have identified a gene associated with increased risk for stroke, the third leading cause of death in developed countries that kills 160,000 people each year in the United State... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4827 More >>
New report condemns biased GM surveys
Tuesday, 23 September 2003, 8:21 am | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
A report released by Otago University School of Business researchers casts a new light on assertions about impacts of GM on New Zealand trade prospects.The report's authors, John Knight, David Hol... More >>
PPL seeks to sell business
Friday, 19 September 2003, 9:02 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
The Scottish-based biotechnology company, PPL Therapeutics, has confirmed it is seeking to sell its business, including the transgenic sheep flock it is running in New Zealand.There have been ques... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4808 More >>
Syngenta appears before corn committee
Friday, 19 September 2003, 8:20 am | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
The Australian head of an international firm whose imported seed is at the centre of the "Corngate" inquiry has told of his astonishment at learning that the original tests that triggered the GM-conta... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4801 More >>
Male hormones activate heart disease genes
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 9:09 am | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Researchers at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred hospital and the Heart Research Institute say they have discovered a major reason why men are more likely to die from coronary heart disease than women.... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4779 More >>
NZ First amendment retains moratorium on GE food
Sunday, 14 September 2003, 1:19 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
New Zealand First has today submitted an amendment to the New Organisms and Other Matters Bill which, if passed, will effectively retain the moratorium on release of GE food until 2005."It was New... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4746 More >>
Professor Bryan Sykes to visit New Zealand
Friday, 12 September 2003, 8:16 am | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Best-selling author Professor Bryan Sykes, from the University of Oxford, will be touring New Zealand giving public lectures in October and November. Professor Sykes is The University of Aucklan... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4734 More >>
