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The Genetics and Health article Genetically Modified Foods - Pros and Cons is a student’s favourite and has provoked huge debate both for and against GM foods.
With the food crisis looming Jeremy Cooke of the BBC News takes a look at whether our negative attitude to GM Foods may be about to change.
Another reference to […]
The recent Tour de France drug violations show further evidence that sport is rife with illegal drug taking to enhance performance and achieve that ‘extra mile’. There are mega bucks at stake alongside the dream of become a World and Olympic champion. I imagine that if you’ve invested your entire life to your chosen sport the lure of taking […]
The South of England is reeling with the news that there has been another foot and mouth outbreak. DEFRA, the government organisation responsible for managing the agricultural industry has also stepped in with various embargoes. This comes only a few years after the farming community was nearly decimated from a foot and mouth outbreak in the North of […]
Lots of carnival fun this week with today’s Tangled Bank #75 hosted at Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted). GrrlScientist has, as always, done a fabulous job organizing the entries and also shares my grief at being locked out of EurekAlert!’s exclusive access section for being “just a blogger.” Thank you for commiserating and bringing […]
This month’s Mendel’s Garden #12 is now available for harvesting at the Behavioral Ecology Blog. Wonder if there’s any genetically modified rice growing. The Department of Agriculture has just approved the planting of GM rice in Kansas by Ventria Bioscience. The rice would be genetically engineered to produce lactoferrin and lysozyme.
Lactoferrin and lysozyme are […]
Monsanto spends bajillions of dollars a year on developing genetically modified seeds and other agricultural chemicals and plant biotechnology. They also spend a few bajillion coins to produce videos featuring experts who are in full support of using recombinant DNA technology to modify our food supply. Dr. James Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, […]
The UK Food Standards Agency has a fun quiz about genetically modified food. Some of the answer choices and explanations cracked me up! I got 9 out of 10 right. What about you?
In the latest Genetics and Health poll, 20 (54%) out of 37 respondents were confident they’d eaten GM food before whereas 13 (35%) […]
Earlier this month, the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology released the results of their annual survey on consumer attitudes towards genetically modified (GM) foods and biotechnology in general. Some of the results:
34% of Americans believe GM foods are safe
29% say they are unsafe
26% of American believe they have eaten GM foods in 2006
60% believe […]
HoneySweet plums genetically engineered to resist the plum pox virus are slated to become deregulated by USDA-APHIS after which growers wil be allowed to cross breed the plums with other varieties.
From the USDA Agricultural Research Service:
Are the added genes in the fruit? Will I be eating foreign genes?
The new DNA is in the fruit. But […]
This week’s genetics quote is from Challenging Nature : The Clash of Science and Spirituality at the New Frontiers of Life by Lee M. Silver. The book is also reviewed by Nicholas Wade at The New York Times this week.
…many western Europeans and American devotees of organic food express a visceral distaste for genetically […]
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