Regulation killed the GMO star

Posted by Lene Johansen

This is an amazing story of science success, and of consumer loss. Phillip Larkin got funding from Tasmanian Alkaloids to create a more potent poppy for pharmaceutical purposes. He has met every milestone in the project, but Tasmanian Alkaloids pulled the funding because the Tasmanian government will not permit plants bred with molecular plant breeding methods.

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03/25/2008 @ 9:16 am | Agriculture, Environment, International, Nano & Biotech, Precaution & Risk | Comments

 
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