Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News reports that UC Berkeley and Stanford University are collaborating on a project to build a biotechnology resource called BIOFAB. This stands for International Open Facility Advancing Biotechnology. (IOFAB?) I guess the missing B stands for BYOB, or “Bring Your Own B.” What’s so fabulous about BIOFAB?
Well, genetic engineering requires all [...]
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BIO-FABulous!
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Terminator 2: My Mission is to Protect You
In discussions about GE crops, one of the contentious topics that often comes up is the use of what has been effectively dubbed “Terminator” technology. These are crops that are engineered to produce sterile seeds that cannot be regrown. The use of this technology to force farmers to repurchase their seeds every year is often [...]
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Jim Cramer on Monsanto
I just came across this video of Jim Cramer from Mad Money talking about potential anti-trust activity against Monsanto. If you can get past the inane bells and whistles that Cramer punches up mid-sentence, this video is worth taking a look at.
A couple things to note about the video – Cramer repeats the claim that [...]
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Is opposition to GE crops in Europe a Scientific Flip-Flop?
Just out today, Seed Magazine has assembled a “Scientific Flip Flop” about Genetically Engineered crops. The article begins with an introduction into the curious case of European nations who embrace scientific conclusions in other areas of science, but not in this area.
Most Europeans don’t consider themselves to be anti-science or particularly technophobic. In fact, Europe’s [...] -
ACLU and gene patents
Although this is not related to plants, this certainly has implications for plant genetics. I have just received notice that th ACLU has filed a lawsuit against Myriad Genetics, the company that owns the patents on the BCRA1 and BCRA2 breast and ovarian cancer genes in humans.
According to this press release, the ACLU charges “that [...]
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