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PPL critics anti-medicine & progress - CF assn
Thursday, 29 May 2003, 6:02 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
People with cystic fibrosis rely on medical research such as that being undertaken by PPL Therapeutics to continue mapping the path to a cure for this life-threatening condition, Cystic Fibrosis lobby... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4033 More >>
On the menu - transgenic salmon
Thursday, 29 May 2003, 8:07 am | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
The world's first transgenic Atlantic salmon could be dished up on dinner tables in as little as 12 months.Aqua Bounty Canada is waiting for government approval to allow the fish to be sold for hu... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4027 More >>
Commerce Commission investigates milk
Wednesday, 28 May 2003, 9:36 am | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
The Commerce Commission is investigating allegations by Fonterra that claims made by A2 Corporation about the dangers of A1 milk are false and misleading, and that the Corporation's products contain ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=4014 More >>
LSN welcomes govt's Biotechnology Strategy
Monday, 26 May 2003, 5:54 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Life Sciences Network Chairman Dr William Rolleston has welcomed the release of the Government’s Biotechnology Strategy today. More >>
Funding aimed at research & environment
Friday, 23 May 2003, 5:19 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Research and the environment look set to benefit from two funding allocations announced today.Research into animals, arable, fruit, forestry and vegetable sectors look set to be the focus of grant... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3993 More >>
HGT accusations unfounded
Friday, 23 May 2003, 3:31 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
“The risks of horizontal gene transfer from animal faeces is so low that most scientists around the world who know about this subject agree that the consequences of it ever happening are vanishingly small”, Chairman of the Life Sciences Network, Dr William ... More >>
NZORD welcomes extra funds for transgenic research
Thursday, 22 May 2003, 4:21 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
The New Zealand Organisation for Rare Disorders (NZORD) has welcomed news that AgResearch has secured significant extra funding for its transgenic cows research programme.In a media release issued... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3981 More >>
Canada confirms BSE
Wednesday, 21 May 2003, 6:31 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
A cow in Canada has tested positive for mad cow disease in a test taken on 31 January, a Canadian Beef Export Federation official told Reuters on Tuesday. "It was (detected) just a few days ago. ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3966 More >>
Greens organise to skew survey
Tuesday, 20 May 2003, 5:17 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
The following message was put out this morning by the Green Party. A suitable response to their obvious intention to try to tip the balance on the survey is for people who have a bit of time to make ... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3956 More >>
Embryo stockpile poses ethical dilemma - NY Times
Monday, 19 May 2003, 5:54 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Without anyone paying much attention, some 400,000 frozen embryos have accumulated in United States’ fertility clinic freezers, writes the New York Times on 15 May.This astonishing total — twice a... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3951 More >>
Bio-security review after wheat virus outbreak
Sunday, 18 May 2003, 10:22 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Bio-security to be reviewed in wake of wheat virus outbreakA review has been launched into bio-security measures at Australia's plant research institutions.It comes after the discovery of a pote... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3944 More >>
RMA clauses still in biotech Bill
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 5:32 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
The controversial clauses that forced this week's embarrassing Government back down on the RMA must now be removed from the New Organisms and Other Matters Bill, according to the National Party."T... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3932 More >>
Ethical Govt decision to support WTO initiative
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 4:24 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
The New Zealand Government deserves praise rather than condemnation for the stance it has taken on the US case to the World Trade Organisation, the Chairman of the Life Sciences Network, Dr William Rolleston, said today. More >>
New Zealand's position on GM
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 7:47 am | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
New Zealand has decided to join a World Trade Organisation disputes case because of our belief in the need for a rules-based trade system based on transparency and honest science, Acting Trade Ministe... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3920 More >>
Organics sector still aims for totally organic NZ
Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 9:31 am | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Newsroom says a member of the Soil & Health Association's national council, Holger Kahl, says ambitions for an organic nation by 2020 were rekindled in Christchurch last weekend.He said in a radio... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3914 More >>
GM moratorium may disadvantage biotech industry
Monday, 12 May 2003, 5:20 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Dr C S Prakash of Tuskegee University is asking the scientific community to actively counteract unsubstantiated claims by anti-biotech lobby groups who seek to stop the advance of this technology.... More... N>More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3908 More >>
Bayer disagrees with Victorian moratorium
Friday, 9 May 2003, 5:27 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Bayer CropScience has issued a statement saying it does not agree on the need for a moratorium on commercial plantings of GM canola in 2003, but is committed to working with the Victorian government o... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3898 More >>
New GM Bill sparks debate
Wednesday, 7 May 2003, 5:29 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
The New Organisms and Other Matters Bill forms a key part of the Government's response to the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification according to the MInister for the Environment, the Hon Marian Hob... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3880 More >>
Taskforce seeks international excellence for NZ
Tuesday, 6 May 2003, 5:49 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
The Biotechnology Taskforce today presented the Government with a 28-point action plan for the commercialisation of biotechnology in New Zealand and the development of "critical mass" for the sector.... More... http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=3871 More >>
Biotechnology Taskforce report welcomed
Tuesday, 6 May 2003, 5:31 pm | New Zealand Life Sciences Network
Chairman of the Life Sciences Network Dr William Rolleston has welcomed the launch of the Biotechnology Taskforce report, which was released today. More >>
