News index

2004

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September 8

Frio County won't see genetically engineered pharm corn -- San Antonio Express-News

August 30

GeneWorks seeks OK to make pharma-eggs / Ann Arbor company files details on drug production with FDA -- Ann Arbor News

August 11

Tobacco promising factory for biopharmaceuticals -- Virginia Tech press release

August 6

Judge orders Hawaiian locations of biopharm crops revealed -- Environment News Service

Biotech request alarms food industry / Grocery Manufacturers of America concerned about ProdiGene's plans to grow biotech corn in Texas -- Des Moines Register

August 5

USDA told to disclose 'biopharm' locations -- Honolulu Advertiser

July 15

How much medicine can a GM plant make? -- Guardian (UK)

July 13

Medical experts plan GM 'pharming' project -- Scotsman

Medical crops coming soon / Human trials of GM drugs could be five years away -- Guardian (UK)

South Africa may test first 'pharming' crop -- Cape Times

July 5

Reaping what biopharming sows -- Washington Times column by Henry Miller

June 13

Be cautious with "biopharming" -- Denver Post editorial

June 2

Open USDA biopharm permit process to public -study -- Reuters

Biopharming bounces back to life / USDA sees resurgence in permit applications -- Washington Post

June 1

'Pharming' experiments on rise a year after setback -- AP

USDA to let public see more info on biotech crops -- USA Today

May 31

Gene-altered rice is hot issue / Capital biotech firm gets static from several sides -- Sacramento Bee

April 25

Cultivating cures: Biotech industry turns to plant-bred drugs -- San Mateo County Times (Calif.)

April 16

Bioengineered rice takes center of debate over using food crops to grow drugs -- San Jose Mercury News

April 11

California regulators derail biotech company's rice plans -- AP

April 10

Modified rice won't be planted - for now State halts planting of rice for pharmaceutical use / Public to have say before state rules on bioengineered crop -- San Francisco Chronicle

Genetically modified rice crop blocked -- San Jose Mercury News

Protein rice suffers setback / Ruling allows more public comment on engineered crops -- Sacramento Bee

April 8

State's rice farmers fear biotech incursion / Proposal for GE crop could threaten lucrative foreign markets -- San Francisco Chronicle

March 30

'Pharmaceutical' rice plan advances in state / A commission backs Ventria's proposal to plant the genetically altered grain to make medicinal proteins -- Los Angeles Times

Waiter, there's a drug in my rice -- Wired News

March 17

Spermicidal cereal breakfast -- ZNet

March 13

Feed corn, meet 'pharma corn' / French firm eyes Phillips County test plot for crop altered to grow pharmaceuticals -- Rocky Mountain News

March 11

Are there drugs in my corn flakes? / Seeds for biotech foods are slipping into traditional stocks, raising fears that experimental nonfood seeds are there too -- Christian Science Monitor

January 30

Biotech rice crop concerns growers -- Appeal-Democrat (Marysville-Yuba City, Calif.)