The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has conducted an initial review into a highly criticised French study linking herbicide resistant […]
Continue readingExpert Reactions
A round-up of comment from experts on breaking stories and ongoing issues in science and technology.
Fertile mouse eggs created from stem cells – experts respond
Japanese researchers have turned mouse stem cells into germ cells that give rise to eggs in living mice, which then […]
Continue readingLow allergy milk from engineered cow – experts respond
New Zealand scientists have genetically engineered a cow to produce milk lacking beta-lactoglobulin, a protein to which some people are […]
Continue readingNovel coronavirus – experts respond
The World Health Organisation has issued a notification highlighting a novel virus which comes from the same family as the […]
Continue readingStudy 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 reading