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Japan Government Food Panel Says Products from Cloned Cows, Pigs are Safe
Beef and pork products from somatic cell-cloned cows, pigs and their offspring are as safe as those from conventionally bred animals, the Japanese government’s food risk assessment body said in a report Thursday.
The Food Safety Commission, a body under the Cabinet Office, will soon file the report with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, [...]
The Lab: Cows’ DNA mapped
Pete Forster has the first in a new series showcasing Swiss innovation, this week featuring a report on the Lausanne-based scientist’s recently-completed project to map the complete genome of cows, an interview with Keith Campbell - the scientist behind ’Dolly’, the first successfully cloned animal - and an enquiry into how mice’s sense of smell [...]
Bananas Have No Sex Life
Without a sex life, bananas are the fourth largest staple in the world. Entire civilizations rely on bananas for subsistence. The livelihoods of half a billion people depend upon the banana, yet bananas have a looming secret.
They are the result of vegetative propagation rather than pollination. All of the minor varieties of cultivated bananas are [...]