Cloning Tasmanian Tiger doco wins New York award
Cloning Tasmanian Tiger doco wins New York award
Australian efforts to clone an extinct Tasmanian Tiger
received global recognition when a documentary on the
project won a prize at a New York film festival. The
documentary, End of Extinction: Cl...
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Anglo-Dutch group aims to discover what genes do
British and Dutch scientists launched an international
initiative on Tuesday to uncover the function of genes and
to determine how new drugs can be designed to fight cancer.
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More science needed to help feed world's starving
The
need for more science, especially biotechnology, to help
feed the world's poor, was a strong theme in a forum of
science leaders from the developing world being held in
Christchurch.Five speak...
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Crop & Food appoints IP investments manager
Crop & Food
Research has appointed a General Manager, Investments, to
boost its development of intellectual property.James
Anderson, a New Zealand trained veterinarian who has
recently worked for ...
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Otago appoints inaugural Chair in genetics
The
University of Otago has appointed one of its leading
researchers as Professor and Director of the Genetics
Programme at Otago, the University Vice-Chancellor Dr Graeme
Fogelberg announced today....
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GM moratorium must end warns European Commission
The
European Commission is warning European Union governments to
end their foot-dragging over approval of new genetically
modified crops, in an attempt to stave off the growing
threat of a US challeng...
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Transgenic cotton controls pest
Genetically engineered
cotton in Arizona, grown using a strategy mandated by the
Environmental Protection Agency, is effectively controlling
a common crop pest without causing increased pesticide
resi...
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DNA look-alike fools enzyme
Enzymes evolved to work with
DNA accept a cheap imitation, say US researchers. Artificial
molecule acts as template for DNA. DNA polymerase, that
copies chromosomes before a cell divides, will
dup...
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