The World Health Organisation has issued a notification highlighting a novel virus which comes from the same family as the […]
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A round-up of comment from experts on breaking stories and ongoing issues in science and technology.
Study on cancer and GM maize – experts respond
A new study released overnight claims that GM maize treated with the herbicide RoundUp causes a variety of cancers in […]
Continue readingDrugs “on-the-cob” could provide cheaper therapies
A treatment for a rare disease, which could previously only be manufactured by expensive cell culture techniques, may now be […]
Continue readingMedication and driving – experts respond
Drugs prescribed to treat anxiety, depression and insomnia may increase patients’ risk of being involved in motor vehicle accidents, according […]
Continue readingConcern over Australian GM wheat – experts respond
Two scientists, working in conjunction with the Safe Food Foundation in Australia, claim CSIRO-developed genetically modified wheat may have unintended […]
Continue readingNIWA climate record court decision – experts respond
The High court has has ruled in favour of NIWA, rejecting a legal challenge of the Crown Research Institute’s national […]
Continue readingGM biotech players outline their science roadmaps
ABIC 2012 Digest – Day Two: SMC media advisor Dacia Herbulock is attending the ABIC conference in Rotorua this week […]
Continue readingNew plain packaging research – experts respond
As New Zealand deliberates over the introduction of ‘plain packaging’ for cigarettes, a new study confirms that such measures reduce […]
Continue readingIs ‘organic’ food healthier? – experts respond
New research, based on an analysis of several hundred studies, has cast doubt on arguments that organically grown foods are more […]
Continue readingPrevious abortions linked to adverse birth outcomes – experts respond
One of the largest studies to look at the effect of induced abortions on a subsequent first birth has found […]
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