News Exclusives
Strangely like Fiction: Elanco-sponsored authors admit falsely claiming rbGH safety endorsement
22nd February 2010
Elanco's campaign to promote rbGH takes a wrong turn
International Conference on the Implications of genetically modified crop cultivation at large spatial scales GMLS II
9th January 2010
25-26. March 2010, Bremen (Germany)
Transgenic high-lysine corn LY038 withdrawn after EU raises safety questions
10th November 2009
The first withdrawal of a transgenic crop over food safety concerns
Welsh farmer’s defiance of GMO ‘ban’ not so defiant after all
7th October 2009
Investigation finds no evidence that Jonathon Harrington grew GMO maize
US crop yield increases owe little to biotechnology
16th April 2009
UCS report: Failure to Yield
Bee learning behaviour affected by consumption of Bt Cry1Ab toxin
21st October 2008
Bt transgenics and CCD
Royal Society Science and Agriculture Study Criticised
15th October 2008
Aid, social justice and environmental groups criticise Royal Society study proposal
Testing Time for Substantial Equivalence
17th June 2008
Daphnia magna survival and fitness reduced when fed on MON810 Bt maize
Long-term persistence of GM oilseed rape in the seedbank
4th June 2008
Ten year persistence of transgenic oilseed rape volunteers from Swedish experiment
US: Private Food Safety Labs Hide Negative Tests
1st June 2008
Congressional investigation underway
Pew Commission Report: Industrial animal farming poses "unacceptable" risks for public health and the environment
4th May 2008
Important study condemns agro-industrial complex.
Civil Society Statement on Nanotechnology: Guiding Principles for Regulation
14th March 2008
Global coalition calls for nano precaution
Farm Bill amendment calls for NAS to study safety and impacts of cloned meat and animals
18th December 2007
Amendment passes Senate hurdle
The Excommunication of a Heretic
26th November 2007
Nature Biotechnology and the 'scientific' review of the Ermakova soy study
Effects of Bt pollen in aquatic ecosystems
2nd November 2007
Ecological impacts of genetically engineered corn
Corn fakes
2nd November 2007
'Flagrant fraud' or the science of GMO shopping?
Goodbye Dolly....Hello Synthia
8th June 2007
J. Craig Venter Institute Seeks Monopoly Patents on the World's First-Ever Human-Made Life Form
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Latest Bioscience Resource Project Commentaries
Valuing Folk Crop Varieties for Agroecology and Food Security
26th October 2009
Salinization in the Sunderbans allows in situ conservation to prove its value
European Community Law and Nanotechnology: A Risky Business?
26th June 2009
The EU plans to regulate nanotechnologies, in food and elsewhere, using pre-existing legislation. However, there are excellent reasons to believe that this minimalist approach will not adequately protect consumers and the environment.
The Real Burning Question: Are Liquid Fuels the best use of Non-Woody Biomass?
28th March 2009
Non-woody biomass can, with difficulty, be converted into ethanol. But a more direct and resource-efficient way to energy independence is to burn it. So why is this solution not on the agenda?
Roundup Ready 2 Yield as much as conventional soybeans?
19th November 2008
Monsanto's new transgenic soybean explained
Commentary Archive
USDA Top Officials Versus USDA Data
25th June 2008
India's Colourless Revolution: Replacement of Traditional Oils by Soy and Palm Oils
12th May 2008
How the Science Media Failed the IAASTD
7th April 2008
Let the World Learn From Our Experience with GMOs
25th March 2008
What is Nature Biotechnology good for?
4th December 2007
Rethinking the Risks of Viral Transgenes in plants
30th November 2007
Does the Knowledge-based Bio-economy add up?
10th June 2007
GMO Safety and LL601 Rice
14th April 2007
Conflicts of interest: in agriculture too?
15th March 2007
The Agenda Gap in Science
28th February 2007
Cisgenic Plants: Just Schouten from the Hip?
23rd February 2007
Transgene Escape! - But No One Has Called Out the Guards
4th February 2007
