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Interaction of environment, genetics may be responsible for more allergies in developed countries
In Western Australia, Curtin University's Brad Zhang has been looking at why Australians have one of the highest rates of ...
Old friends open up about rift caused by GM vs. organic court battle
It started in the West Australian wheat belt with tense words between neighbours at a community working bee. It ended ...
GM grass for dairy cows needs commercial partner, consumer acceptance
Some Victorian dairy farmers want the opportunity to grow genetically modified ryegrass. However they concede community acceptance of GM is ...
GM ryegrass for cows that could boost milk production 15% faces opposition in Australia
Daily farmers in Victoria Australia are debating the pros and cons of genetically modified (GM) ryegrass as peak representative group, United ...
South Australian farmers lobby against GM moratorium
Opponents have dismissed a new push to overturn a moratorium on genetically modified crops (GM) in South Australia. Grain Producers ...
Australian organics board reaffirms zero tolerance for GMOs
The group responsible for setting organic standards has rejected an application by the Western Australian Agriculture Department to allow a ...
Large genomic study identifies genes for developmental delays
Charting parts of the genome likely to contain faulty genes is enabling researchers to home in on genes involved in ...
Greenpeace’s ‘crimes against humanity’ preventing release of biofortified GM foods
Vitamin A deficiency, according to the World Health Organisation, is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children and is ...
Dangers of unproven, expensive stem cell therapies
It's perfectly rational for someone who is desperately ill to seek a miracle cure and that leads some to scour ...
Australia could ‘cripple’ export potential if GM is rejected, says U.S. professor
A leading expert in potato industry research says Australia’s export potential will be crippled unless farmers embrace genetic modification (GM) ...
Western Australian organic farmer’s grounds for appeal in GE canola ‘contamination’ case unclear
Kojonup organic farmer Steve Marsh took his neighbour Michael Baxter to court earlier this year, claiming GM canola drifted onto ...
Western Australia organic certification council considers increasing GM tolerance limits
A decision on proposed changes to genetically modified material tolerance level in organic produce could be made by August. Recently the ...
Sales of GM canola seed increase in Australia
Seed company Monsanto has posted a 55 per cent jump in sales of genetically modified canola seed in Australia. The company ...
Western Australia GM research facility faces safety scrutiny
When the multi-million dollar GM research station was opened in 2011 in Merredin, 300 kilometres east of Perth, it boasted ...
GMO opposition is fierce, but not much of it based on science
A more sober assessment of the public GMO debate reveals that it's not really about the science of the safety ...
GMO growers and organic farmers can coexist in Australia
Coexistence between organic farmers and those that grow genetically modified crops is a big challenge but it is possible in ...
Virus and gene interaction speed Type 1 diabetes development
Rotavirus can accelerate the development of type 1 diabetes in children by getting rogue immune cells to attack the pancreas, ...
Tasmania: Poppy growers may consider legal action if GMO ban is not lifted
The Government's moratorium on genetically modified crops expires next year. Yesterday, more than 100 protesters marched through Hobart, demanding the ...
Australia: New genetically modified wheat trial for Victoria
The Victorian Agriculture Department wants to conduct the state's largest genetically modified wheat trial at Horsham, in the state's west ...
Caution urged as DNA tests and genetic mapping advance
Genome mapping advances are on the agenda of the health informatics conference being held in Adelaide, with discussion focused on ...
Wild genes block growing rust threat
The following is an edited excerpt. Researchers have identified two genes in ancient varieties of wheat that could combat a ...
Biofilm bacteria spreads by building a transport network out of DNA
The following is an edited excerpt. Bacteria in slimy biofilms are able to spread rapidly over surfaces such as catheters ...
Stress really may turn your hair grey
The following is an excerpt. There could be some truth in the anecdotal belief that stress can turn your hair ...
Human genes: Has science outgrown patents?
The following is an excerpt. Is it right to patent human genes? Both sides in a US law case have ...
Radical gene therapy gives hope to young cancer patients
The following is an excerpt. Australian doctors are using radical gene therapy to help treat a rare and aggressive childhood ...
Tasmania’s GMO ban debate
The following is an excerpt. Tasmania's dairy farmers are warning the state's ban on genetically-modified organisms, or GMO's, could disadvantage ...
Tasmania: GMO ban debate
The following is an excerpt. Tasmania's dairy farmers are warning the state's ban on genetically-modified organisms, or GMO's, could disadvantage ...
Anti-GM ad uses Seralini study to try to swing WA vote
The following is an edited excerpt. The TV advertisement linking genetically modified crops to tumours in rats is encouraging people ...
