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Genetics could help researchers target medications to fight depression

The Australian Genetics of Depression Study has been launched as part of an international collaboration aiming to identify genes that ...
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Australian commission calls for state governments to lift GM crop bans

The Productivity Commission has released a range of sweeping recommendations to cut the costs of regulation in agriculture. ... It ...
To expedite development of climate-resistant crops, Australia may have to relax gene-editing rules

To expedite development of climate-resistant crops, Australia may have to relax gene-editing rules

Australia's classification of genetic modification is inhibiting the country's potential for future crop growth, according to a University of Western ...
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Australia’s organic industry should drop ‘zero tolerance’ of GM food contamination, farmers group says

Flood waters have swept through parts of WA's grain growing region, sparking concern from some certified organic growers that contamination ...
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Former UK chief scientist: Europe’s opposition to GMOs ‘dangerously naive’ in the face of climate change

A former UK chief scientist has warned that politicians around the globe are ignoring science for the sake of short-term ...
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Disease-resistant GMO banana field trial approved in Australia

A trial of genetically modified bananas will begin south of Darwin [Australia] in a few months after a five-year trial ...

Western Australia repeals partial ban on GMO crops

Western Australia's Genetically Modified Crops Free Areas Repeal Bill 2015 passed through State Parliament [Oct. 21]. Up until now WA ...
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Australia, New Zealand reviewing bruise resistant, low acrylamide GMO potato

Australia's food regulator has called for submissions as it reviews a genetically-modified potato designed to produce less chemicals when fried ...
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Over-heated fears of eugenics linger over today’s genetic research, threatening advances

'Genes can have up to 80 per cent of influence on students' academic performance.' When I saw that headline recently, ...

German farmers plant ‘chemical-free’ demonstration plots to educate public about glyphosate

Glyphosate. . . is heavily used by farmers to clear fields of weeds . . . In 2015, a report found the ...
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Jon Entine: EU, Australia’s ‘process-based’ regulations hinder intro of useful biotech crops

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Jon Entine, who runs ...

Wheat aphid infestations in South Australia reignite debate over GMO crops

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The discovery of the ...

Biotech company calling for expedited decision on GM mosquito trial in Florida to fight Zika

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The head of a ...

Australian ‘GMO contamination’ case over: High Court rejects organic farmer Marsh appeal, Baxter exonerated

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The High Court has ...

Effectiveness of bipolar disorder treatment may depend on patient’s genes

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A group of international ...

Australian scientists find GMO canola rarely invasive, easily controlled

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. West Australian scientists say ...

Australian consumers opposition to GMOs about corporations, not safety

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An expert in community ...

Australian, New Zealand food regulators soon to decide if gene-edited crops are GMOs

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Australia's food regulator, Food ...

Western Australia to begin trials of GM medflies in attempt to control pest

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. West Australian researchers are ...

Biotechnology, supercomputer take on cassava pests, disease

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A Perth team is ...
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Australian GMO ‘contamination’ battle won’t end in with High Court review

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Supporters on both sides ...

Australian organic farmer applies to take GMO contamination case to High Court

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A West Australian organic ...

World food prize winner says GMO wheat key to feeding world

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, the ...

GMOs gaining favor in US, Australia has potential to lead in biotech if ‘hard choices’ made

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An American journalist, scholar ...

Exposure to jet fuel may cause genetic birth defects in children

The Department of Defense is "actively considering" a major review of all scientific evidence to see whether exposure to toxic ...

Legal battle ensues with Myiad Genetics over DNA ownership rights

The High Court in Canberra has begun hearing a case pitting 69-year-old Brisbane grandmother Yvonne D'Arcy against a US biotech ...

Monsanto helped cover legal costs of Australian GM lawsuit

Global agribusiness Monsanto contributed to a West Australian farmer's legal costs in a battle over alleged contamination of his neighbour's ...

GMOs could save banana industry but could consumers accept it?

The international banana industry only has itself to blame for its vulnerability to panama disease, and faces annihilation if the ...
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