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Biotechnology & Biosafety

This is part of a series of papers on biotechnology and biosafety that the Third World Network is publishing with a view to deepening public understanding on the ecological and safety aspects of the new biotechnologies, especially genetic engineering.



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Fatal Flaws in Food Safety Assessment: Critique of the Joint FAO/WHO Biotechnology & Food Safety Report (No. 1)

Fatal Flaws in Food Safety Assessment: Critique of the Joint FAO/WHO Biotechnology & Food Safety Report (No. 1)

Author: Mae Wan-Ho & Ricarda A Steinbrecher About the Book The Report on Biotechnology and Food Safety - resulting from the Joint Expert Consultation held by the Food and Agriculture Organization and...
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Gene Technology in the Etiology of Drug-resistant Diseases (No. 2)

Gene Technology in the Etiology of Drug-resistant Diseases (No. 2)

Author: Mae-Wan Ho, Terje Traavik, Orjan Olsvik, Tore Midtvedt, Beatrix Tappeser, C. Vyvyan Howard, Cristine von Weizsacker and George C. McGavin About the Book A major world public health crisis is...
USD 12.00

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Survival Persistence, Transfer: An Update on Current Knowledge on GMOs and the fate of their Recombinant DNA (No. 3)

Survival Persistence, Transfer: An Update on Current Knowledge on GMOs and the fate of their Recombinant DNA (No. 3)

Author: Beatrix Tappeser, Manuela Jager, Claudia Eckelkamp About the Author Dr Beatrix Tappeser is a biologist and coordinator of the Department of Risk Assessment in Genetic Engineering at the...
USD 6.00

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Horizontal Gene Transfer - The Hidden Hazards of Genetic Engineering (No. 4)

Horizontal Gene Transfer - The Hidden Hazards of Genetic Engineering (No. 4)

Author: Mae Wan-Ho                              About the Book Genetic engineering involves designing artificial constructs to cross species barriers and to invade...
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Slipping Through the Regulatory Net: 'Naked' and 'Free' Nucleic Acids (No. 5)

Slipping Through the Regulatory Net: 'Naked' and 'Free' Nucleic Acids (No. 5)

Author: Mae-Wan Ho, Angela Ryan, Joe Cummins, Terje Traavik About the Book Biotechnological processes are creating an increasing variety of naked/free nucleic acids that are released unregulated into...
USD 6.00

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'Golden Rice' - An Exercise in How Not to Do Science (No. 6)

'Golden Rice' - An Exercise in How Not to Do Science (No. 6)

Author: Mae-Wan Ho                            About the Book 'Golden Rice' - a genetically modified rice engineered to produce pro-vitamin A - is being offered as a cure...
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Genetic Engineering and Omitted Health Research: Still No Answers to Ageing Questions (No. 7)

Genetic Engineering and Omitted Health Research: Still No Answers to Ageing Questions (No. 7)

Author: Terje Traavik & Jack Heinemann        About the Book Many crucial scientific questions concerning the health effects of genetic engineering and genetically engineered organisms remain....
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Potential Socio-Economic, Cultural and Ethical Impacts of GMOs: Prospects for Socio-Economic Impact Assessment (No. 8)

Potential Socio-Economic, Cultural and Ethical Impacts of GMOs: Prospects for Socio-Economic Impact Assessment (No. 8)

Author: Elenita C Daño                          About the Book Socio-economic, cultural and ethical considerations related to the use and release of genetically modified...
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Genetically Engineered Cells and Organisms: Substantially Equivalent or Different? (No. 9)

Genetically Engineered Cells and Organisms: Substantially Equivalent or Different? (No. 9)

Author: Terje Traavik, Kaare M Nielsen & David Quist About the Book The integration of foreign DNA into an established genome, through genetic engineering, may have unanticipated side-effects in the...
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Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Genetically Modified Organisms (No. 10)

Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Genetically Modified Organisms (No. 10)

Author: Gábor L Lövei, Thomas Bøhn & Angelika Hilbeck About the Book This paper considers the potential environmental impact of genetically modified (GM) crops and links this to the concepts of...
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