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Take 5 campaign provides windfall for phone co's
Thursday, 11 September 2003, 11:50 am | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
There are serious questions to be asked by Members of Parliament about the ethics of the last-ditch anti-GE campaign being run by the Take5 group says the Chairman of the LSN, Dr William Rolleston. More >>
Consumer attitudes to GM changing, survey finds
Wednesday, 10 September 2003, 9:22 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Public support for genetic modification in medicine has risen significantly over the past two years, an AgResearch survey has found.Speaking at the Impacts of Emerging Biotechnologies Symposium, A... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4716 More >>
GM feed or not, animals all the same
Wednesday, 10 September 2003, 8:45 am | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
About 17 anti-genetic engineering protesters tried to shut down an Ingham's chicken factory in Hamilton this morning. Two protesters dressed in chicken suits climbed to the top of two 6m high trip... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4699 More >>
Lifting the GE moratorium - United Future
Monday, 8 September 2003, 10:54 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
On 29 October this year the moratorium on applications for the commercial release of genetically modified organisms will automatically expire. United Future supports this development because we believ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4691 More >>
Select Committee reports on NOOM Bill
Monday, 1 September 2003, 9:08 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Parliament’s Education and Science Select Committee has declined to recommend extending the moratorium on genetic modification (GM), saying this was outside the scope of its inquiry into the New Organ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4633 More >>
Claims of 'contamination' just scare mongering
Friday, 29 August 2003, 9:20 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Claims by the organisation Mothers Against Genetic Engineering (MaDGE) that soy milk products have been “contaminated” represent no more than scare mongering of the most outrageous type, says the New ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4628 More >>
Ex-pat brings antibody research home
Friday, 15 August 2003, 8:57 am | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
An expatriate New Zealander is bringing home a new company that will use antibodies made in sheep to test the effects of drugs on humans. Kaitaia-born Peter Shepherd, a biochemistry professor at L... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4493 More >>
Lifting moratorium keeps options open, Farmers say
Monday, 11 August 2003, 5:19 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Lifting the Moratorium on the Commercial Release of GM will keep options open for New Zealand farmers to compete in a highly subsidised international market place, says Federated Farmers of New Zealan... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4478 More >>
Greens get it wrong again
Sunday, 10 August 2003, 8:48 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
"The Green Party’s claim that New Zealand is still GE free is inconsistent with their earlier claims that GE in the environment is irreversible," Chairman of the Life Sciences Network, Dr William Rolleston said today. More >>
No link to NZ cattle in BSE scare, expert says
Friday, 8 August 2003, 5:56 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
One of New Zealand's recognised authorities on mad cow disease believes New Zealand will keep its international reputation intact for having BSE-free cattle.That is despite the concern generated o... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4465 More >>
DNA could be vaccine breakthrough
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 5:30 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
A vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus has been found to protect monkeys with a single dose, offering a new way to stop the fast-acting disease, U.S. researchers have announced.The vaccine was m... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4448 More >>
National slams 'biosecurity blunder'
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 3:41 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
National's Biosecurity spokesman Shane Ardern is slamming the Government's slack attitude on biosecurity following reports that yet another dangerous pest has taken up permanent residency in New Zeala... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4438 More >>
Experts to review hi-tech agriculture
Tuesday, 5 August 2003, 5:19 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Experts from business, politics, food, farming and development have agreed to review how science can help about 800 million chronically undernourished people in the developing world.After months o... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4424 More >>
Second generation GM cotton ready for market
Monday, 4 August 2003, 5:34 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
The Australian cotton industry will launch the second generation of its GM cotton this summer.Trials by the CSIRO over the past three years showed pesticide use was cut by up to 75 percent in the ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4416 More >>
BOP council warns against lifting moratorium
Friday, 1 August 2003, 5:15 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Environment Bay of Plenty has warned a Parliamentary select committee that "the consequences of incorrect action may be irreversible" if a moratorium on genetically modified organisms is lifted in Oct... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4410 More >>
Ag Minister warns against ignoring GM crops
Thursday, 31 July 2003, 5:15 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Australian Agriculture Minister Warren Truss has warned that Australian cannot afford to ignore genetically modified crops.Truss also called for state and territory governments to lift any tempora... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4399 More >>
Green Party moratorium Bill Provides Opportunity
Thursday, 31 July 2003, 11:56 am | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
The Life Sciences Network welcomes the opportunity for Parliament to debate the merits of the moratorium on GE which will arise from the Green Party’s private member’s Bill. More >>
Forestry body in GM negotiations
Wednesday, 30 July 2003, 5:55 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
The Forest Industries Council is negotiating a significant change to Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards to allow New Zealand foresters to undertake GM research.Existing standards issued by... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4393 More >>
Majority unconcerned by discovery of GM corn
Wednesday, 30 July 2003, 9:56 am | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Two thirds of New Zealanders surveyed by UMR Research as part of their July Omnibus Opinion poll think the discovery of some GM corn grown near Gisborne is a minor matter and no threat to the country’... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4385 More >>
Majority unconcerned by discovery of GM corn
Wednesday, 30 July 2003, 9:55 am | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Two thirds of New Zealanders surveyed by UMR Research as part of their July Omnibus Opinion poll think the discovery of some GM corn grown near Gisborne is a minor matter and no threat to the country’s exports. More >>
