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May 9, 2008
5/09/08 Midgley, Times Online, Is in vitro meat the future?
April 27, 2008
4/27/08 Dunham, Reuters, Experts see boost to genetic testing from U.S. bill
4/27/08 McKie, Guardian, As the world begins to starve it's time to take GM seriously
April 25, 2008
4/25/08 BBC, US blocks genetic discrimination
April 24, 2008
4/24/08 IPS, "Transgenic Seed Companies Lie and Bribe"
4/24/08 Nakanishi, Reuters, GMO coupled with organic farms best for environment
April 23, 2008
4/23/08 CNN, awmakers back bill to ban genetic discrimination at work
April 20, 2008
4/20/08 McKie, Guardian, Biologists join the race to create synthetic life
4/20/08 Lean, Independent, Exposed: The Great GM Crops Myth
April 17, 2008
4/17/08 Nakashima & Hsu, WP, U.S. to Expand Collection Of Crime Suspects' DNA
4/17/08 Nette, IPS, CAMBODIA: Dwindling Fish Stocks Threaten Food Security
April 2, 2008
4/02/08 Black, BBC, GM seeds can 'last for 10 years'
March 21, 2008
Cevallos, IPS, New Rules In Mexico Pave the Way for Transgenic Crops
March 20, 2008
3/20/08 Hartley, Globe&Mail, Grain Farmer Claims Moral Victory in Seed Battle Against Monsanto
March 17, 2008
3/17/08 Maeda, Reuters, US Farmers Up The Ante on Japan's Struggle Against Modified Corn
March 12, 2008
3/12/08 Gillam, Reuters, US Organic Food Industry Fears GMO Contamination
March 9, 2008
3/09/08 Doward, Guardian, DNA register 'labels children as criminals'
March 4, 2008
3/04/08 Gogoi, Business Week, States Move to Label Cloned Food
March 3, 2008
3/03/08 BBC, Nanomagnets 'could target cancer'
March 2, 2008
3/02/08 Hill & McKie, Guardian, The clones are coming - to a supermarket near you
February 24, 2008
2/24/08 Harmon, NYT, Fear of Insurance Trouble Leads Many to Shun or Hide DNA Tests
February 23, 2008
2/23/08 O'Neill et al, Times Online, Police face DNA ban
February 18, 2008
2/18/08 Randerson, Guardian, Consequences of GM crop contamination 'are set to worsen'
February 17, 2008
2/17/08 Madrigal, Wired, The Chinese Government's Plans for Nanotechnology
February 16, 2008
2/16/08 Frayssinet, IPS, BRAZIL: GM Maize "Worst Tragedy" of Lula Administration - NGOs
2/16/08 Sample, Guardian, GM Crop Trial Locations May Be Hidden From Public
February 10, 2008
2/10/08 AFP, French GM Ban Infuriates Farmers, Delights Environmentalists
February 7, 2008
2/07/08 Madrigal, Wired, Potent DNA Vaccines May Be Viable, Thanks to the Humble Tattoo Gun
February 5, 2008
2/05/08 BBC, Three-parent embryo formed in lab
January 25, 2008
1/25/08 Fox, Reuters, Scientists create gene map for synthetic life
January 24, 2008
1/24/08 Pollack, NYT, Scientists Take New Step Toward Man-Made Life
1/24/08 Allen, ITT, Nanotech: Tiny Particles, Big Risks
January 23, 2008
1/23/08 Gillam, Reuters, Biotech Critics Challenging Monsanto GMO Sugar Beet
1/23/08 VEal, IPS, ICELAND: Resistance Rises Against GM Imports
January 20, 2008
1/20/08 Weiss, WP, Labels Weighed for Food From Clones
January 17, 2008
1/17/08 BBC, Green light for hybrid research
January 16, 2008
1/16/08 Weiss, WP, USDA Recommends That Food From Clones Stay Off the Market
January 15, 2008
1/15/08 Nizza, NYT, Cloned Animals Safe to Eat, F.D.A. Concludes
1/15/08 BBC, Scientists unveil 'supercarrot'
January 14, 2008
1/14/08 Altman, NYT, Team Creates Rat Heart Using Cells of Baby Rats
January 13, 2008
1/13/08 Templeton, TimesOnline, Hopes of custom-built organs as scientists create beating heart
January 12, 2008
1/12/08 Weiss, WP, Food From Clones Safe, E.U. Draft Says
January 9, 2008
1/09/08 Bowden, AP, Glowing Pig Passes Genes to Piglets
January 8, 2008
1/08/08 Reuters, Drug addiction genes identified
January 3, 2008
1/03/08 Reuters, FDA to clear cloned livestock for consumers: report
January 2, 2008
1/02/08 Poulter, Daily Mail, Alert Over The March of The 'Grey Goo' in Nanotechnology Frankenfoods
December 30, 2007
12/30/07 Hill, Guardian, Civil rights fears over DNA 'census'
December 27, 2007
12/27/07 Rosenthal, NYT, Both Sides Cite Science to Address Altered Corn
December 26, 2007
12/26/07 Madrigal, Wired, The Top 10 New Organisms of 2007
December 20, 2007
12/20/07 Madrigal, Wired, Cloning Companies Promise to Track Their Animals
December 19, 2007
12/19/07 Weiss, WP, 'Clone-Free' Milk Could Get Label
December 8, 2007
12/08/07 Vidailliet, Reuters, France Suspends Commercial GMO Seed Use, Studies Safety
November 27, 2007
11/27/07 BBC, Science adviser urges GM rethink
November 22, 2007
11/22/07 Kolata, NYT, Man Who Helped Start Stem Cell War May End It
November 18, 2007
11/18/07 Woolf, Independent, The cloning revolution: Ministers to back controversial change to law
November 17, 2007
11/17/07 Madrigal, Wired, Genetic Nondiscrimination Bill Stalled in Senate
11/17/07 BBC, Dolly scientist abandons cloning
November 16, 2007
11/16/07 Jha, BBC, GM plants that produce fish oils could help fight heart disease
November 14, 2007
11/14/07 BBC, Breakthrough in primate cloning
October 29, 2007
10/29/07 BBC, Massive rise in Europe GM crops
October 19, 2007
10/19/07 Morelle, BBC, Creating life in the laboratory
10/19/07 BBC, Lab suspends DNA pioneer Watson
October 16, 2007
10/16/07 Paynter, Wired, Cloned Beef (and Pork and Milk): It's What's for Dinner
October 9, 2007
10/09/07 Maag, NYT, In the Battle Against Cancer, Researchers Find Hope in a Toxic Wasteland
October 6, 2007
10/06/07 Weiss, WP, Probe Into Tainted Rice Ends
10/06/07 Pilkington, Guardian, I am creating artificial life, declares US gene pioneer
October 5, 2007
10/05/07 Lipton, NYT, U.S. Called Lax at Policing Labs Handling Biohazards
10/05/07 Newsome, Wired, The Inconvenient Science of Racial DNA Profiling
September 27, 2007
9/27/07 Jackson, Independent, Against the grain: 'Economics, not common sense, drives GM crops'
September 4, 2007
9/04/07 Weiss, WP, Mom's Genes or Dad's? Map Can Tell.
9/04/07 Wade, NYT, In the Genome Race, the Sequel Is Personal
9/04/07 Rice-Oxley, CSM, Britain decides boundaries of stem-cell tech
August 30, 2007
8/30/07 Keim, Wired, Gene Therapy: Is Death an Acceptable Risk?
August 27, 2007
8/27/07 Lichfield, Independent, Police tear-gas farmers in clash over French GM crops
August 26, 2007
8/26/07 Woolf, Independent, DNA database chaos with 500,000 false or misspelt entries
8/26/07 Whitehall, Guardian, Scientists' plea to use new hybrid embryos
August 17, 2007
8/17/07 Weiss, WP, Fungus Infected Woman Who Died After Gene Therapy
July 24, 2007
7/24/07 Connor, Independent, GM mice raise animal tests to highest level for 15 years
July 12, 2007
7/12/07 Keim, Wired, Quest for Synthetic Organisms Calls for New Rules, Critics Say
July 10, 2007
7/10/07 Keim, Wired, Scientists Build Bacteria-Killing Organisms From Scratch
July 3, 2007
7/3/07 Shachtman, Wired, CDC Shuts Down Bioweapons Lab After Infections
July 2, 2007
7/2/07 BBC, First baby from lab-matured egg
June 29, 2007
6/29/07 Sample, Guardian, First genome transplant turns one species into another
June 28, 2007
6/28/07 Connor, Independent, Missing link to revolutionise use of stem cells
June 21, 2007
6/21/07 Feder, NYT, New Rules Expected on Safety of Nanotechnology Products
June 20, 2007
6/20/07 Hadlington, Independent, Bionic boom: The miraculous mechanical body parts that are being made in the lab
June 12, 2007
6/12/07 Harmon, NYT, As Breeders Test DNA, Dogs Become Guinea Pigs
June 8, 2007
6/08/07 Phillipkoski, Wired, Scientists Apply for First Patent on Synthetic Life Form
June 7, 2007
6/07/07 Merle, WP, Deal for Smallpox Vaccine Could Jump-Start BioShield
6/07/07 Wade, NYT, Biologists Make Skin Cells Work Like Stem Cells
June 3, 2007
6/03/07 Lean, Independent, Rice made with human genes: GM menace or saviour?
May 17, 2007
5/17/07 Independent, Ban lifted to allow animal-human embryos
May 9, 2007
5/09/07 Dotinga, Wired, 'Humanized' Hybrid Mice Might Speed Search for AIDS Vaccine
April 19, 2007
4/19/07 Revkin, NYT, Global Effort to Save Endangered Crops Gets $37.5 Million Infusion
April 12, 2007
4/12/07 Keim, Wired, Venter Reorganizes Research Institute
April 9, 2007
4/09/07 Keim, Wired, Keeping the Blood Thinners Out of Our Cereal
April 5, 2007
4/15/07 Connor, Independent, Medicine needs hybrid embryos, scientists say
April 3, 2007
4/03/07 BBC, Heart valve grown from stem cells
April 2, 2007
4/02/07 Jha, Guardian, British team grows human heart valve from stem cells
March 31, 2007
3/31/07 Hananel, AP, US Rice Industry Opposes Plan to Grow Genetically Modified Rice in US
3/31/07 Hananel, AP, US Rice Industry Opposes Plan to Grow Genetically Modified Rice in US
March 25, 2007
3/25/07 Lean, Independent, GM crops cause 'breakdown' in Indian farming systems
March 21, 2007
3/21/07 Doering, Reuters, Group Blasts FDA Plan To Allow Food From Clones
March 20, 2007
3/20/07 Shaikh, Independent, GM mosquito is developed to stop spread of malaria
March 19, 2007
3/19/07 BBC, 'Gene therapy for foetuses' hope
March 11, 2007
3/11/07 Fortson, Independent, How does the biotech garden grow? Not well
February 26, 2007
2/26/07 Chen, New Standard, Monsanto Merger Sows Fears Over Skewed Seed Market
February 24, 2007
2/24/07 Quaid, AP, No. 1 Milk Company Says "No" to Clones
February 18, 2007
2/18/07 Campbell, Observer, Women will be paid to donate eggs for science
February 17, 2007
2/17/07 Brown, Independent, Suppressed report shows cancer link to GM potatoes
2/17/07 Fidels, BBC, Trials for 'bionic' eye implants
February 13, 2007
2/13/07 BBC, Mice cloned from skin stem cells
February 9, 2007
2/09/07 Buncombe, Independent, BP's Texas refinery 'largest emitter of carcinogenic toxins in US'
2/09/07 McRae, AFP, Canadian Farmer on Global Crusade against GM Seeds
February 7, 2007
2/07/07 AP, USDA Faulted On Oversight Of Test Crops
February 4, 2007
2/04/07 Woolf, Independent, Animal-human hybrid embryos get go-ahead
January 28, 2007
1/28/07 Caruso, NYT, Someone (Other Than You) May Own Your Genes
January 26, 2007
1/26/07 BBC, Developing nations need cloning
January 18, 2007
1/18/07 Stolberg, NYT, President Calls for Genetic Privacy Bill
January 10, 2007
1/10/07 Leahy, IPS, GE Crops Slow to Gain Global Acceptance
January 8, 2007
1/08/07 BBC, 'New stem cell source' discovered
January 6, 2007
1/06/07 Stein, WP, 'Embryo Bank' Stirs Ethics Fears
January 5, 2007
1/05/07 BBC, Hybrid embryo work 'under threat'
January 1, 2007
1/01/07 Weiss, WP, Scientists Announce Mad Cow Breakthrough