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Rodney Hide: Ignorance almost made hungry monkeys of us
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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Ten years ago this month New Scientist's cover proclaimed: "The world's favourite fruit is about to disappear". The BBC reported: "Edible bananas may disappear within a decade if urgent action is not taken to develop new varieties resistant to blight.
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Thomas Kostigen's Impact Investor: Genetic modification can help solve food crisis
Santa Monica :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago
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Calif. (MarketWatch) The biggest impact investor in the world, Bill Gates, believes one of the solutions to world hunger is through the genetic modification of foods. Genetic food modification includes altering the composition of seeds to make them
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Public invited to forum on genetic modification
Date :: Japan | 8 months ago
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Issues surrounding Genetic Modification (GM) have been raised over a number of years by the region's food producers and others including through submissions to Hastings District Council's 2012/22 Long Term Plan. The forum is being organised by the
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Angry protests greet top players in GM
Rotorua :: New Zealand | 9 months ago
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Organisers hoped the Rotorua conference would foster collaboration and provide more answers on how GM could assist in feeding a world population expected to double by 2050. But GM opponents see it as an opportunity for corporations to push profit-
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'Wheat-belly' 101 - Five clues that your excess weight is caused by gluten
Denver :: CO :: USA | 9 months ago
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It is more of a hybrid version of 19th century and earlier versions of wheat our ancestors relied on for their daily bread...Today's wheat is a genetic modification of horticultural or agricultural specie combining. This genetic modification is
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Misguided Genetic Exceptionalism
Key West :: FL :: USA | 10 months ago
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While society should be careful about its uses of genetic testing and its efforts to modify the genome, some people overreact when dealing with DNA...In a fascinating series on genetics in medicine, Gina Kolata reported in the New York Times on a
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Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. announces the availability of XTN™ TALENs targeting every gene in the human genome
Lexington :: KY :: USA | 10 months ago
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DNA sequence, allowing for the creation of gene knockouts, knock-ins and single base pair edits...Transposagen will also perform custom cell line engineering and animal model creation using the XTN technology. The XTN technology can be used in
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AgriSol in Tanzania: Land-Grabbing or Outright Theft?
Tanzanians and other Africans seem to be worrying a lot about reductions in foreign aid and what conditions will need to be met in order to receive whatever is available. But they don't seem to be paying much attention to the fact that land
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Seeds and vids
Āgra :: India | almost 2 years ago
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Replanting Africa the Bill Gates way BBC News Bill Gates visited Nigeria in 2006 to hear about grain production Along with spending billions of dollars on better healthcare for the world's poor, Microsoft founder Bill Gates is increasingly turning
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Canada's transgenic Enviropig is stuck in a genetic modification poke
Guelph :: Canada | over 2 years ago
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The small herd of pigs in a research barn in Guelph look like ordinary pigs. They act like ordinary pigs, and presumably, they would even taste like ordinary pigs if anyone dared to break the law and sample one...The transgenic creations of
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