As per the European commission very little GM food products are available in the EU market and this is being attributed to factors such as availability and consumer demand as compared to the new EU legislation.
Since the time authorization came...
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In a recent research conducted by Russian Academy of Sciences' Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology Institute, it has been found out that genetically modified food could lead to cancer.
Irina Yermakova, leading researcher at the institute...
The field trials of DMH -11, a genetically modified variety of mustard crop to be conducted by a research team of Delhi University has been approved by the Supreme Court of India and the team has been directed by the court to take precautionary...
Rice growers had filed a suite against Bayer after traces of unapproved genetically modified rice was founded in long grain rice in Missouri and Arkansas. This had led to Japan banning certain strains of American rice which caused the prices of...
It is expected that Romania might be kicked out from the EU markets and even face difficulties in selling their GM products locally as it is delaying in complying with European food traceability and labeling regulations.
Another thing is that...
The Thai agriculture department has landed in a soup. It has been sued by the Greenpeace for contaminating Thai farms with GM papaya. It wants the guilty officials to be punished for illegally distributing GM papaya seeds to farmers across Thailand....
All eyes are set at the flora exposition in Thailand as some people fear that the exotic foreign plants being displayed among the four million local trees might harm the local environment. Until and unless stricter measures are taken there is a chance...
GM cotton has got approval for Northern Australia by the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator. The regulators were satisfied that five varieties of GM cotton meant to be herbicide and insect resistant would have minimal impacts on tropical...
DNA of fifteen mouse strains has been successfully resequenced by researchers which are used in biomedical research. Around 8.3 million SNPs were discovered among the genomes of the fifteen mouse strains. This data would help the researchers in...
With biotech industry eager to expand, the industry is witnessing an increase in ethanol production and this industry along with innovations is set to result in a long term economic boom for rural America. On the other hand some experts claim that...
Industry experts say that biotechnology could help Czech Republic in revolutionizing food production in the country. The implementation of the technology could help the country in continuing with its tradition of producing innovative products....
The biotechnology companies were pushing GM engineering pretty hard in South Africa but it received a jolt when Western Cape agricultural department's stated that it was not in the favor of using GM yeast in wines. This happened after the department...
Finnish and European Tobacco Policy, a new book by the Finnish Cancer Organisations has made a shocking revelation that Finnish smokers were unknowingly used by the international tobacco industry for testing of GM tobacco during the 90's.
It was...
In a recent development in the field of nanotechnology, University of Portsmouth researchers have created an electronic switch based on DNA which is being regarded as world's first bio-nanotechnology breakthrough that offers the foundation for...
Have you heard about Platrol? It is being considered as one of the first anti platelet drug which has demonstrated forty percent more efficacy and very little toxicity resulting in higher therapeutic index when compared with Aspirin and other anti...
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