AUG 26, 2008 - A new weapon to fight cancer - tobacco plants - Checkbiotech.org
But scientists in Arizona and elsewhere believe tobacco plants may hold the key to developing a personalized cancer vaccine as well as treatments for other diseases. MORE

AUG 21, 2008 - Promising results from field studies with drought resistant wheat in Australia - Checkbiotech.org
Professor Dr. German Spangenberg was raised in Uruguay. He studied in Germany and performed research in Switzerland. Today he is Research Director of Primary Industries Research of the state of Victoria, in Australia. MORE

AUG 17, 2008 - Prince Charles wrong on GM, says minister - Telegraph
A senior minister has accused Prince Charles of "ignoring" the needs of starving people in the developing world by attacking genetically modified crops. MORE

AUG 13, 2008 - UK: Missing the signs of genetic irrelevance - BBC News
Prince Charles usually speaks from the heart; and his latest outpouring on genetically modified crops is expressed in terms that are forthright even for him. MORE

JULY 29, 2008 - Security becomes main cost in UK GM crop trials - Environmental News Network
Security has become by far the largest cost for field trials of genetically modified crops in Britain as researchers seek to protect sites against vandalism, a British scientist said on Monday.first locally developed genetically modified crop has finished its field trials and is now before an interdepartmental committee that will decide whether it can go on South African markets. MORE

JULY 25, 2008 - SA's GM spud awaits commercial approval - Cape Times
Africa's first locally developed genetically modified crop has finished its field trials and is now before an interdepartmental committee that will decide whether it can go on South African markets. MORE

JULY 25, 2008 - Europe fails to endorse milk and meat from clones - New York Times
The European Food Safety Authority pulled back on Thursday from giving milk and meat from cloned animals a clean bill of health, making it less likely that such products could reach store shelves in Europe anytime soon. MORE

JULY 21, 2008 - "Pharmed" vaccine passes early test - The Scientist
A team of researchers has completed human tests of the first plant-produced vaccine for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The successful results of a phase I clinical trial suggest that plants could provide a safe, inexpensive reservoir to "grow" vaccines for the common human cancer, according to a study published tomorrow (July 22) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. frica's first locally developed genetically modified crop has finished its field trials and is now before an interdepartmental committee that will decide whether it can go on South African markets. MORE

JULY 18, 2008 - Ventria gets $4 million grant - The Wichita Eagle
Ventria Bioscience has received nearly $4 million from the Kansas Bioscience Authority to help advance the human health and biomaterials sectors in Kansas. Ventria grows and processes a bioengineered rice that yields a protein that can be refined and used as an additive to oral rehydration solutions to decrease the severity and duration of infant and childhood diarrhea. MORE

JULY 16, 2008 - USDA announces $28.4 million in funding for specialty crop research - Western Farm Press
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced today that USDA is making available $28.4 million for research and extension projects in fiscal year 2008 to address the critical needs of the specialty crop industry by developing and disseminating science-based tools to address needs of specific crops. MORE

JULY 10, 2008 - China to urgently boost GM crop development - AFP
China has said it must urgently step up the development of genetically modified crops as it faces mounting challenges to feed its 1.3 billion people due to shrinking arable land and climate change. MORE

JULY 5, 2008 - Breakthrough: Artificial DNA Could Power Future Computers - Live Science
Chemists claim to have created the world's first DNA molecule made almost entirely of artificial parts. The finding could lead to improvements in gene therapy, futuristic nano-sized computers, and other high-tech advances, the Japanese researchers say. MORE

JULY 4, 2008 - U.S. adoption for GE corn, cotton, soybeans - BIO
American farmers have adopted genetically engineered (GE) crops widely since their introduction in 1996, especially corn, cotton and soybean varieties, according to a new USDA report. MORE

JULY 4, 2008 - Authors: Organic GM crops can feed the world - Capital Press
Pamela Ronald and Raoul Adamchak say they're not proposing a seismic change in mainstream farming practices - just the next step in a long evolution. Ronald and Adamchak are the husband-and-wife authors of the book "Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics and the Future of Food," published in April. Ronald is a professor of plant pathology and chair of the Plant Genomics Program at the University of California-Davis; Adamchak manages UC-Davis' organic farm. MORE

JUNE 19, 2008 -Genetically modified mosquitoes may combat malaria - Associated Press
In a cramped, humid laboratory in London, mosquitoes swarming in stacked, net-covered cages are being scrutinized for keys to controlling malaria. Scientists have genetically modified hundreds of them, hoping to stop them from spreading the killer disease. MORE

JUNE 9, 2008 - Forbidden Fruit: Transgenic Papaya in Thailand - Plant Physiology (subscription required)
Dressed in white, hooded "personal protection suits," Greenpeace activists donned goggles, gloves, and respiratory masks—the kind of dress you expect to see in the clean zone of a nanotechnology laboratory, not in a field in bucolic northeast Thailand. Easily bridging a barbed wire fence with a stepladder, they began pulling transgenic papaya (Carica papaya) from the trees, throwing the fruit into biohazard waste bins. The protestors stood for photographs—the press had been alerted—before a large yellow banner printed both in Thai and English that read: "Stop GMO Field Trials." MORE

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