AFP - A Chinese researcher has been arrested and charged with stealing trade secrets about insecticides from US biotech company Dow and passing them on to China, court documents showed Tuesday.
AFP - A Chinese researcher has been arrested and charged with stealing trade secrets about insecticides from US biotech company Dow and passing them on to China, court documents showed Tuesday.
AFP - Over 70 environmental NGOs including the WWF called Monday for the sacking of Romania's new agriculture minister for his links to the genetically modified crop industry.
AFP - Variants of a gene contribute to the high risk of kidney disease among diabetics of Chinese descent compared with Caucasians, a study said Wednesday.
AP - Promising medical research is in disarray as scientists await an appeal by the Obama administration of a judge's ruling that undercuts taxpayer-funded research using human embryonic stem cells.
AFP - Malaysia is considering releasing genetically modified mosquitoes designed to combat dengue fever, in a landmark field trial that has come in for criticism from environmentalists.
AFP - French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis unveiled Sunday an 18.5 billion dollar (14.5 billion euro) offer for US biotechnology firm Genzyme, hinting it may launch a hostile bid.
Reuters - France's Sanofi-Aventis on Sunday publicly disclosed its $18.5 billion, $69-per-share cash offer for Genzyme Corp in a bid to rouse shareholders after failing to engage the U.S. biotechnology company in merger talks.