Expert reaction to Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology awarded to John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka The comments below were […]
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A round-up of comment from experts on breaking stories and ongoing issues in science and technology.
EU finds GM maize and cancer study ‘inadequate’
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has conducted an initial review into a highly criticised French study linking herbicide resistant […]
Continue readingFertile 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 […]
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