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Information Systems for Biotechnology (ISB) News Report  - December 2007

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Information Systems for Biotechnology
ISB News Report
December 2007

The entire news report is available at http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2007/dec07.pdf

PARTIAL TABLE OF CONTENTS, relevant to seed professionals (links are to the ISB News Report website)

REGULATORY NEWS

Patent battles on and off the court
Phill Jones

Pioneer agbiotech companies have sprouted, bloomed, and merged with larger firms. During the industry's growth, patent rights sometimes get tangled.
In October, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit pruned one patent dispute that has roots dating back over a dozen years.

Complete article:
pdf: http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2007/artspdf/dec0701.pdf
web: http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2007/news07.dec.htm#dec0701 

PLANT RESEARCH NEWS

Towards plastid transformation in maize
Ralph Bock

Broad application of plastid genome engineering in agricultural biotechnology has been hampered by the lack of plastid transformation protocols for major crops. Unfortunately, cereals, the world's major food crops, are a particularly recalcitrant species; thus, in spite of enormous efforts, progress has been very limited and there are still no protocols available for the production of stable transplastomic plants in any cereal species.

Complete article:
pdf: http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2007/artspdf/dec0702.pdf
web: http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2007/news07.dec.htm#dec0702

RISK ASSESSMENT

Flavonoids for environmental equivalence profiling of GE plants
Christof Sautter & Bartosz Urbaniak

Although Substantial equivalence (SE) might be an essential aspect of biosafety, it excludes any undesired side effect on the health of a consumer, be it a human being or an animal, and moreover, any unintended interaction with the biotic or abiotic environment. Theoretically, SE should fulfil the strong criteria of even the over interpreted "precautionary principle."

Complete article:
pdf: http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2007/artspdf/dec0703.pdf
web: http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2007/news07.dec.htm#dec0703

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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