Patata dorada” OMG, rica en beta-caroteno, obtenida en Italia

El instituto público de investigación italiano ENEA (Ente per le Nuove tecnologie, l’Energia e l’Ambiente) ha anunciado la obtención conjunta con la Universidad de Friburgo de de una patata transgénica que contiene 3.600 veces más beta-caroteno o provitamina A que las patatas convencionales.

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Non GM Potatoes planted at Hedon test site

Protesters are planting non-GM potatoes in the field near Hull where BASF intend to trial their GM potato variety. About 100 protesters are spread across the large (several acre) field, with two mounted police and 2 foot police standing by watching - not even filming, for once.

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¿Por qué los organismos transgénicos son diferentes a los convencionales?

La diseminación de organismos transgénicos como alimentos causa alarma y preocupación, pues existen argumentos para señalar que su aprobación ha girado en torno a un dejar hacer y dejar pasar de la comunidad científica internacional y de las entidades reguladoras.

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GM Potatoes - Blessing or Blight?

On Monday 2 April, Cambridge GM Concern organized a public meeting regarding the forthcoming NIAB/BASF trial of GM potatoes in the Cambridge area. Some fifty people turned up for the event, which featured three speakers, who had travelled up from London for the occasion: Michael Antoniou is a Reader in Molecular Genetics at Guy's Hospital Medical School, Helena Paul is the chair of GM Freeze, and Clare Oxborrow is from the Real Food Campaign organized by Friends of the Earth.

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Protesters urge GM trials delay

PROTESTERS against genetically modified potatoes held a public meeting last night to highlight what they see as the dangers of meddling with nature.

German company BASF plans to plant blight resistant potatoes on land owned by the Cambridgebased National Institute of Agricultural Botany later in the spring.

But Friends of the Earth wants the Government to reconsider after a Dutch court ruled earlier this month that BASF's permit for trials in Holland breached European law.

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GM Potato Controversy - A case with disturbing implications for present day science

Editor's note: We thank Dr. Arpad J. Pusztai very much for his article. Dr. Pusztai has been directly involved as a principal investigator in the researching of GM potatoes and what he told here is absolutely an insider story.

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Interview: Jonathan Matthews from GM-Watch on Channel 4's 'Animal Farm'

This week marked the start of Channel 4's three-part documentary, 'Animal Farm'. We asked Jonathan Matthews, founder and editor of the GM-Watch website, whether Channel 4's reporting was fair.

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