Archive for the 'GMO Africa Blog' Category
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- Transgenic tomato to treat Alzheimer’s disease | Posted by GMO Africa on Jul 16 2008
- Harvard researcher roots for agricultural biotechnology | Posted by GMO Africa on Jul 06 2008
- Another study debunks GMOs and bees disappearance link myth | Posted by GMO Africa on Jun 23 2008
- Writer decries bickering on food | Posted by GMO Africa on Jun 15 2008
- Call on developing world to modernize agriculture | Posted by GMO Africa on Jun 03 2008
- Transgenic maize to cure HIV/AIDS | Posted by GMO Africa on May 25 2008
- Princeton intern on genetically modified foods | Posted by GMO Africa on May 18 2008
- GMOs and organics can alleviate food crises | Posted by GMO Africa on May 03 2008
- Try modern technologies to deal with food crisis | Posted by GMO Africa on Apr 25 2008
- UC Davis researcher blogs on genetic engineering | Posted by GMO Africa on Apr 15 2008
Biotechnology Letters Journal is reporting that a group of South Korean researchers has genetically engineered a tomato to enable it treat the Alzheimer’s disease, a neurodegenerative disease, which causes dementia.
Having recognized that the human Beta-amyloid is the main component of Alzheimer’s disease, the researchers sought to investigate how genetic engineering could be used to […]
Prof. Calestous Juma, a respected Kenyan researcher – currently based at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard - wants the G8 Summit, taking place in Japan, to explore how biotechnology can become an effective tool in enhancing food sustainability in Africa.
Juma, in an article in the Japan Times, argues that investment in agricultural biotechnology in […]
There have been numerous unsubstantiated media reports linking genetically modified (GM) crops to the disappearance of bees. The episode has come to be known as colony collapse disorder (CCD).
Before theories linking CCD to GM crops started swirling around, the National Geographic magazine ran an article entitled Mystery Bee Disappearances Sweeping U.S. The article is authoritative […]
Writer John Gapper, in an op-ed column on the FinancialTimes.com, observes that bickering will never feed the world.
Gapper expresses disappointment that the ongoing debate on how best to solve the current food crisis has turned to be a shouting match between supporters of genetically modified (GM) foods and those for organic foods.
He sees this debate […]
Today, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) is meeting in Rome, Italy, to discuss the worsening food crisis. The conference aims to find ways of dealing with the worsening global food crisis, which has hit the developing world worst. I hedge that delegates attending the conference will explore both long and short term solutions. When […]
Scientific Blogging has an interesting article entitled “Will Corn Help Cure AIDS?” The article is about study findings released in April - by scientists from the Universidad de Lleida (University of Lleida) in Spain -which detail how transgenic maize (corn) can be used to cure HIV/AIDS, a debilitating disease that has killed millions in […]
Laura Kahn, an intern at the Princeton University-based Program on Science and Global Security has published a very interesting article on genetically modified foods.
Kahn seeks to deal, head on, with pessimism that usually greets these foods. Unlike other bloggers, Kahn has science as her shield. I, especially, like her effort to demistify the myth […]
Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei, a prolific blogger who I adore for her articulation of science issues, has posted an article about a new book on how crop genetic engineering - combined with organic farming - can enhance global food sustainability.
The book titled, Tomorrow’s Table: Organic Farming, Genetic, and the Future, is written by two […]
The United Nations (UN), today, acknowledged that food shortages threaten the lives of millions of people, especially in the developing world.
Through its Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, the UN called for concerted efforts to find a permanent solution to chronic food shortages that have hit the developing world most.
But first, Moon will next week […]
Blogger Karl J. Mogel of The Inoculated writes that Dr. Pamela Ronald, a rice geneticist and director of Plant Genomics Program at UC Davis has a new blog called Tomorrow’s Table. Pam’s blog celebrates crop genetic engineering, from a scientist point of view.
Nobody’s excited by Pam’s blog than me. On this blog, on several […]
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