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TemasEtUnam When the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute panel on biotech products involving Argentina, Canada, and the US vs. the European Union (EU) released its report at the end of September, I sat down to start this entry with an outline and list of possible points, thoughts, items to check on, etc. — my usual brainstorming. I downloaded the panel report and tried to wade through it, but quickly gave up (it's hundreds of pages of interesting topics made to be as bland and boring as...
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TemasEtUnam The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) just released its annual "brief" on growth of genetically engineered crops ("biotech crops") worldwide, covering 2006. While the full report must be purchased, the executive summary is quite detailed and is available for download in several languages, including English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Among other things, the report for 2006 shows that seven of the top 22 biotech crop-growing countries are...
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TemasEtUnam A few weeks back I discussed here the significance of the biotechnology dispute case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Well, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) just released as part of its Legal Papers Online series an analysis of that case and its significance done by a former legal consultant to FAO who is now an Economic Affairs Officer at the WTO — in other words, well placed to offer some...
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At the end of this article I would like to say something like 'Elementary my dear Watson, the bees were taken by Professor Moriarty in the dead of night. He used this hankerchief as a Bee's Mask.". Unfortunately, I cannot provide such a Sherlock Holmes answer to this vexing question: Where have the bee's gone? FYI: Yes, this post will bee very pun-ish about bees (and their knees). Nod, nod. The case begins early this year when bee colony owners began reporting mass abandonments of...
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Edwards said OKBio hopefully will be a boost to biotechnology, the medical device industry, pharmaceuticals, agricultural bio, biofuels, suppliers and ...
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These studies include detailed interviews with more than 150 executives within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry who are involved in outsourcing ...
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Icahn has taken considerable interest in biotech companies in recent years, including ImClone Systems and MedImmune. Funds controlled by the activist ...
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based Mendel has been a pioneer in the application of functional genomics to the study of plant genes and for the production of dedicated energy crops ...
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Deval Patrick, House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi and Senate President Therese Murray are taking a road trip to San Diego next month for a major biotechnology ...
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By Jerry W. Kram There can be room for both food and fuel production, according to many of the speakers at the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s World ...
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By STAN FREEMAN In an effort to inspire high school students to pursue careers in biotechnology, a half dozen schools and school districts in Western ...
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â??CropLife International strongly believes that plant science technologies can help farmers address challenges such as global food shortages and rising food prices by increasing crop productivity while preserving biological diversity,â? said
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One of the most frequently used tools in biochemistry and biotechnology, agarose gel electrophoresis is a common forensic technique often used in genetic or DNA fingerprinting. The procedure is achieved by moving negatively charged nucleic acid molecules
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