Enviado por ETC Staff el
Agracetus, a subsidiary of W.R. Grace, receives a shockingly broad US patent covering all genetically engineered cotton varieties. This is the first reported case where one patent covers all transgenic plants of an entire species.
Enviado por ETC Staff el
Genpharm claims that its bio-engineered human proteins have the potential to make infant formula more "nutritionally complete." Will infant formula manufacturers revive unethical marketing practices that have led to death and illness for millions of children in the Third World?
Enviado por ETC Staff el
RAFI alerta sobre la propuesta infausta del Proyecto de Diversidad Genética Humana para recoger muestras de ADN humano de 722 comunidades en todo el mundo y sobre las graves implicaciones que esto tiene para los pueblos indígenas. ¿Se pueden utilizar los genes de pueblos en peligro de extinción para hacer lucro? ¿Quién se quedará con las ganancias y que beneficios le reportará a los pueblos indígenas?
Enviado por ETC Staff el
RAFI warns that the Human Genome Diversity Project's outrageous proposal to collect human DNA from 722 communities around the world has serious implications for indigenous peoples. Will profits be made from the genes of poor people whose physical survival is in question? Who will have access and what benefits will accrue to indigenous communities?
Enviado por ETC Staff el
The University of Toledo applies for a patent on Ethiopia's Endod to control zebra mussels, but royalties will not go to the plant's original innovators.
Enviado por ETC Staff el
A backgrounder on rice biotechnology and the public and private efforts to engineer the world's most important food crop.
Enviado por ETC Staff el
Three new developments in potato production:
- True potato seed
- Rapid multiplication technologies for seed potatoes
- Genetic engineering for potatoes
Enviado por ETC Staff el
Enviado por ETC Staff el
Research on genetic engineering of Pyrethrins, the insecticidal compounds derived from the pyrethrum flower (Chrysanthemum spp.) . A US based biotechnology company seeks to produce "unlimited supplies of pyrethrin" in the laboratory.
Enviado por ETC Staff el
RAFI takes a look at early R&D in genetic modification of maize, including the financial stakes and major players, goals of transformation, and prospects for commercialization.
Enviado por ETC Staff el
In 1987 RAFI first reported on the efforts of two biotech companies to produce natural vanilla flavor in the laboratory. If commercially successful, this technology could displace over 70,000 farmers who grow vanilla beans in Madagascar. Here is RAFI's update four years later.
Enviado por ETC Staff el
Will bio-synthesis of natural rubber and the development of rubber-producing substitutes such as guayule adversely affect millions of small-scale rubber producers in Asia, Africa and Latin America?
RAFI surveys current biotech R&D on natural rubber substitutes.
Enviado por ETC Staff el
Authored by Cary Fowler and Pat Mooney, this 270 page book provides an excellent introduction to the history and geopolitics of genetic diversity. Published in 1990.
Enviado por ETC Staff el
Also published under: The Threatened Gene: Food, Politics, and the Loss of Genetic Diversity
Description: Authored by Cary Fowler and Pat Mooney, this 270 page book provides an excellent introduction to the history and geopolitics of genetic diversity. Published in 1990.
Enviado por ETC Staff el
Field trials and commercial sale of Bovine Growth Horm0ne in the developing world.
Enviado por ETC Staff el
Pruebas de campo y comercializacion de Hormonas de Crecimiento Bovino en paises en vias de desarrollo.
Enviado por ETC Staff el
Scientists are transforming common plant oils (such as soybean) into castor oil equivalents using enzymes or microbes.
Enviado por ETC Staff el
Three Developments in Plant Biotechnology: The Particle Gun, RFLP Tech; and New Hybrid Crops and the companies that control them.
Enviado por ETC Staff el
Mergers, acquisitions and business failures in the biotech industry.
Enviado por ETC Staff el
The application of biotechnologies to coffee.
Para saber más sobre el Grupo ETC o para contactarnos.
