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Conventional maize implicated in Zentek/Austrian mouse study
Scientists around the world are scrutinizing the Zentek mouse study, and we are sure to hear from more of them in due course. Politicians are a far less reticent crowd, but they're being uncharacteristically quiet about their deliberations -- despite Austria's efforts to promote the study. The press are mostly copying each other's coverage, while inventing claims regarding 'impotence' and 'infertility'. In sum, the study appears to be a bombshell that won't go off -- possibly because a bit of scrutiny shows the report is either largely inconclusive, or a blow to the anti-biotech camp. The main problem? Conventional maize has far more impact on mice than engineered maize. More†
Andrew Apel

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Bioengineers outsmarted by strain of intelligent wheat
A GM variety of wheat escapes from a Monsanto high-security lab by passing itself off as common winter wheat. The assistance of a GM potato is suspected. More†