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02/20/2012
Scientists working on genetically modified mosquitos - SlashGear

Scientists working on genetically modified mosquitos
SlashGear
A bite is annoying, but the risk of malaria or dengue is much more serious, and that threat is the target of current genetic modification research that is underway. The idea is this – scientists want to introduce genetically altered mosquitos into the ...

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02/20/2012
Disease-Fighting Secrets of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes - Wired News (blog)

Wired News (blog)

Disease-Fighting Secrets of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
Wired News (blog)
A new collection of studies from PLoS charts alternative strategies for curbing mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and malaria using genetically modified insects. The idea is to create mosquitoes that are less infectious and pass their altered ...

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02/22/2012
Kayla Shapero – GMOs: Proceed With Caution, But Proceed – February 22, 2012 - Arcata Eye

Kayla Shapero – GMOs: Proceed With Caution, But Proceed – February 22, 2012
Arcata Eye
It is true that genetic modification of plants may have the tendency to start controversial murmurs or perhaps even some rowdy protesting, but it also has the potential to help alleviate problems like malnutrition and environmental pollution.



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02/21/2012
Genetic modification - FRANCE 24

FRANCE 24

Genetic modification
FRANCE 24
France has asked European regulators to suspend authorisation for the use of genetically modified MON 810 maize crops from US company Monsanto based on new studies which show GM crops "pose significant risks for the environment".

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02/22/2012
Wech lead the way in GM free poultry - Austrian Times

Wech lead the way in GM free poultry
Austrian Times
The everyday chicken and turkey feed will no longer contain any genetically modified (GM) products further improving, they hope, the quality of their product. As a result of cooperation between the producers and suppliers, Wech are now able to ...



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02/17/2012
Genetically modified mosquitoes may mean an end to malaria - Guilfordian

Genetically modified mosquitoes may mean an end to malaria
Guilfordian
These scientists met success after months of seeking to genetically modify mosquitoes to be resistant to plasmodium, the parasite responsible for malaria. Throughout history, and still today, malaria has devastated populations in towns across the globe ...



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02/21/2012
Organic Farmers to Monsanto: We Don't Want Your Seeds Anyway! - Indian Country Today Media Network.com

Organic Farmers to Monsanto: We Don't Want Your Seeds Anyway!
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
For the farmers, this is a contamination—after all, the selling point of their product is that it is not a genetically modified organism, or GMO, and the presence of genetic modification can threaten its organic status. “We consider the threat of ...
Who Grows Our Food: Theresa Podoll, Prairie Road Organic FarmHuffington Post (blog)

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02/14/2012
Genetic Modification Plus Big Pharm Equals Anti-Science Hippie Meltdown - Science 2.0

Genetic Modification Plus Big Pharm Equals Anti-Science Hippie Meltdown
Science 2.0
What's the one thing that could make anti-science progressives dislike genetic modifications and medicine even more than they do now? Putting them both together. Scientists at the Vienna University of Technology have perfected a process to introduce ...

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02/21/2012
Seeds of a play: the Monsanto story on stage - Globe and Mail

Globe and Mail

Seeds of a play: the Monsanto story on stage
Globe and Mail
Monsanto, the multinational seed and agricultural products company, had accused Mr. Schmeiser of growing its genetically modified Canola seeds without paying the necessary royalties – of violating the company's patent rights. But rather than settling ...



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02/22/2012
Better varieties - IRRI news (press release)

Better varieties
IRRI news (press release)
We employ conventional breeding and new tools in genetics and genomics—such as marker-assisted selection—as well as genetic modification. We develop genetically superior and elite rice breeding lines and hybrid varieties. IRRI shares these breeding ...

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