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Cisgenic Plants: Just Schouten from the Hip?

February 23, 2007

Allison Wilson and Jonathan Latham Many genetic engineers have long resented the regulatory procedures imposed on transgenic crop plants, often arguing that there is no difference between the risks arising from transgenic plants and plants …

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Conflicted FDA Obesity Chair Faces Jail Sentence

January 10, 2007

Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson Lester Crawford, ex-chairman of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) Obesity Working Group faces the likelihood of a jail sentence in the new year. His offence was making false statements …

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Biotechnology, Health, News

Unapproved Transgene Contaminates US Rice Supply

January 9, 2007

Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson Transgene escape has again become a major biosafety and financial issue. On 18 August the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) revealed that non-transgenic long grain rice in the US was …

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Health, Reviews

The River: A Journey to the Source of HIV and AIDS

January 1, 2007
The River

Book Author: Edward Hooper Reviewed by: Jonathan Latham (The Bioscience Resource Project) If humans really did acquire HIV/AIDS from bushmeat, then how can one explain that the four known variants of HIV (three different types …

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