Feds have done little to contain genetically modified animals and plants

By Laurel Adams

Government has done little to ensure genetically modified animals and plants don't escape into wild

Excerpts from this story referencing "Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service":

"… d five GE animal and insect research projects at a cost of $16 million.The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has been slow to develop regulations regarding GE animals and insects comp …"

Special report: Dim chance for global cloning ban

By M. Asif Ismail

More than 150 countries have no law on the books that bars reproductive cloning

Excerpts from this story referencing "biotechnology":

"… nomic potential in embryonic cloning, stem cell research and other related biotechnology research. Great Britain leads this pack that also includes China, South Ko …"

"… s obtain stem cell lines.The United Kingdom has the world's second largest biotechnology industry after the United States, comprising nearly 400 biotechnology comp …"

"… gest biotechnology industry after the United States, comprising nearly 400 biotechnology companies, according to the British government. In 2001, it employed 19,00 …"

"… ing Singapore, China, South Korea and Japan, have also made investments in biotechnology.Singapore, which suffered an economic slump during the Asian financial cri …"

A human rights issue

By M. Asif Ismail

In Europe, nations ban reproductive cloning, but allow research to continue

Excerpts from this story referencing "genetic engineering":

"… g them possible places of choice for companies that would like to do human genetic engineering, including cloning, shielded from legal regulations," Ianeva wrote in a pa …"

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Lobbying, old-time politics block legislation on human cloning

By M. Asif Ismail

Bush administration articulates no position

Excerpts from this story referencing "genetic engineering":

"… nstream researchers from responsibly tapping into new technologies such as genetic engineering. The failure on the public-policy front to address cloning in any signific …"

Embryo research: profit vs ethics?

By Shaun Taylor-Corbett

Corporations team up with patients' rights groups to overpower opposition to research that destroys embryos, but could save lives

Excerpts from this story referencing "genetic engineering":

"… federal funding for other controversial research initiatives. He mentions genetic engineering and embryonic cloning as examples of such initiatives. In an article poste …"