http://www.bioscienceresource.org/ Fundamentals in Food and Agriculture en-uk Mon, 23 May 2011 16:14:00 +0100 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=48 An emerging scientific consensus is that the environmental destructiveness of agriculture is largely unnecessary Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/commentaries/article.php?id=46 The biggest question in medicine is: do our genes determine susceptibility to major diseases? The definitive answer is finally in, but it may surprise you. Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/commentaries/article.php?id=47 AquaBounty, makers of the AquAdvantage salmon have provided inadequate scientific evidence for its safety. Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=45 Elanco's campaign to promote rbGH takes a wrong turn Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=43 The first withdrawal of a transgenic crop over food safety concerns Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/commentaries/article.php?id=42 Salinization in the Sunderbans allows in situ conservation to prove its value Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=41 Investigation finds no evidence that Jonathon Harrington grew GMO maize Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/commentaries/article.php?id=40 The EU plans to regulate nanotechnologies, in food and elsewhere, using pre-existing legislation. However, there are excellent reasons to believe that this minimalist approach will not adequately protect consumers and the environment. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=39 UCS report: Failure to Yield Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/commentaries/article.php?id=38 Non-woody biomass can, with difficulty, be converted into ethanol. But a more direct and resource-efficient way to energy independence is to burn it. So why is this solution not on the agenda? Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/commentaries/article.php?id=37 Monsanto's new transgenic soybean explained Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=35 Bt transgenics and CCD Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=34 Aid, social justice and environmental groups criticise Royal Society study proposal Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/commentaries/article.php?id=11 The recent Rome food summit was dominated by some rather intemperate exchanges over whether biofuels were a significant cause of higher food prices. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=6 Daphnia magna survival and fitness reduced when fed on MON810 Bt maize Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=5 Ten year persistence of transgenic oilseed rape volunteers from Swedish experiment Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=4 Congressional investigation underway Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/commentaries/article.php?id=3 The interrelationships between agriculture, food, cooking and health are highly complex and profoundly significant. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=12 Important study condemns agro-industrial complex. Sun, 04 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/commentaries/article.php?id=18 Multinational seed companies withdraw from UN report Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/commentaries/article.php?id=17 Ann Clark wrote this piece in response to a widely reported survey which suggested UK farmers wanted to grow GMO crops Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=19 Global coalition calls for nano precaution Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=21 Amendment passes Senate hurdle Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/commentaries/article.php?id=16 A critique of research by Dr Ermakova ignores flaws in existing research Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/commentaries/article.php?id=15 Background to the new Bioscience Resource Project publication: Transcomplementation and synergism in plants: implications for viral transgenes? Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=22 Nature Biotechnology and the 'scientific' review of the Ermakova soy study Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=24 Ecological impacts of genetically engineered corn Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=23 'Flagrant fraud' or the science of GMO shopping? Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/commentaries/article.php?id=14 Experts do not have an entirely unblemished record of predicting the future of agriculture. In the 1950s it was envisioned that agriculture would be irrigated with water from icecaps that had been melted by nuclear explosions...... Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=25 J. Craig Venter Institute Seeks Monopoly Patents on the World's First-Ever Human-Made Life Form Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/commentaries/article.php?id=8 LL601 rice is safe. The USDA says so. The UK Food Standards Agency says so. Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=27 Concordance is lacking in half of all cases Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=26 Pregnant women who eat beef from cattle treated with growth-promoting hormones may be damaging the future fertility of their unborn sons Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=29 Multiple transgenes found Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=28 The EU's Biotechnology Strategy: mid-term review or mid-life crisis? Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/commentaries/article.php?id=33 Conflicts of interest get most attention when they apply to medicine, but they are probably at least as important in agriculture. Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/commentaries/article.php?id=13 Writing in New Scientist recently (New Scientist 06-01-07), Bernard Dixon, a former editor, bemoaned the lack of dialogue between scientists and the public and warned of the dangers of disengagement. Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/commentaries/article.php?id=9 A recent proposal calls for complete deregulation of transgenic plants which have only plant DNA inserted into their genomes (Schouten et al., 2006ab). Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/commentaries/article.php?id=7 As New Scientist and others have recently reported, transgenes are now known to have established themselves in wild populations even while their application for commercial release is still under consideration. Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=30 Lester Crawford, ex-chair of the FDA Obesity Working Group faces the likelihood of a jail sentence in the new year. Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=31 Transgene escape has again become a major biosafety and financial issue. Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bioscienceresource.org/news/article.php?id=32 Pollen from a Bt insect resistant maize is highly toxic to the European common swallowtail butterfly Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000