ATSE Focus March 2006 Australia’s regulatory system for gene technology (by Sue Meek) Explains the nature and objective of the Gene Technology Act in Australia.
January 2006 Contains a number of articles on genetically modified plants, including:
Australasian Science June 2007, pages 28-29 Sweet solution to wheat fungus (by Simon Grose) Looks at the development of a non-toxic antifungal agent from a simple sugar.
May 2007, pages 39-40 Opportunity knocks when GM moratoria expire (by Simon Grose) Discusses the opportunities for farmers if the GM moratoria are not renewed.
October 2006, page 14 GM attitudes depend on type of food Reports on a recent survey of attitudes to GM foods.
May 2006, pages 14-15 GM moratoria: Dominoes set to fall (by Simon Grose) Suggests that industry pressure to remove moratoria in one state will cause others to follow.
March 2005, page 28-29 How to make a minority look like a majority (by Scott Campbell and Ellen Townsend) The authors of this article reveal how the results of a UK report on public acceptance of genetic modification were misrepresented.
October 2003, pages 23-26 The puzzling logic of GM moratoria (by Jim Peacock) Presents the case for genetically modified crops.
September 2003, pages 31-32 Canola genie let out of the bottle (by Simon Grose) Describes the differing attitudes of state and federal governments about the release of GM canola.
Ecos No. 135, 2007, pages 18-22 Gaining ground: Debating the growing impact of GM agriculture (by Graeme O'Neill) Looks at the continuing debate over the role of GM agriculture in the 21st century.
EMBO reports 1 November 2004, pages 1031-1034 GM plants for your health (by Holger Breithaupt) Suggests that GM crops may become acceptable to Europeans if they can offer benefits to the consumer.
Nature A collection of Nature articles on GM plants is available.
New Scientist A collection of stories on GM organisms is available.
5 January 2008, pages 28-31 Could new GM crops please the greens? (by Peter Aldhous) Investigates a new generation of GM crops to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
10 November 2007, page 19 Modified crops ‘silence’ insect pests for good (by Andy Coghlan) Reports on the development of genetically modified crops which kill insect pests.
16 December 2006, page 7 US citizens ignorant of genetically modified diet Reveals that only one-quarter of Americans realise they are regularly eating GM food.
12 August 2006, page 9 Escaped golf grass frees gene genie in the US (by Andy Coghlan) Reports on the response to the finding that a genetically modified grass used on golf courses has escaped into the wild.
1 July 2006, page 20 Killer tomatoes attack disease (by Andy Coghlan) Describes genetically modified tomatoes that contain an edible vaccine.
10 June 2006, pages 38-41 Tools you can trust (by Michael Le Page) Looks at recent developments in the manipulation of DNA.
21 November 2005 GM pea causes allergic damage in mice (by Emma Young) Describes a ten year research project that was dropped after tests showed that the GM protein caused lung damage in mice.
19 February 2005, page 19 Why vaccination by potato got chopped Argues that a vaccine made in a GM potato was abandoned because of fears that "pharm" crops could be mixed up with normal produce.
19 February 2005, pages 36-37 Embracing GM crops – by the people, for the people (by James Randerson) India has embraced GM technology by growing Bt cotton.
RTD info January 2006 Two articles that look at projects in Europe to study the segregation of GM and non-GM products.
Science 1 July 2006, page 86 How does a single somatic cell become a whole plant? (by Gretchen Vogel) Answers the question about the process essential to the creation of genetically modified plants.
Scientific American 9 May 2005, pages 13-14 Defensive eating (by Luis Miguel Ariza) Discusses some of the concerns about food vaccines.
21 September 2004 GM pollen spreads much farther than previously thought (by Don Monroe) Reports research that tracked the spread of genes from GM grass to measure how far wind carries their pollen.
20 September 2004 Fear of pharming (by Alla Katsnelson) Discusses the difficulties of containing 'pharm' crops.
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