Thailand reports first case of bird flu in people  23 Jan 2004
The vaccine cannot be made by normal laboratory methods because its components kill the chick embryos used, and must therefore be bioengineered, using a ... (Financial Times (subscription), UK)

Agency Studies Revamping Biotech Rules  23 Jan 2004
WASHINGTON - Worried about the inadvertent spread of new bioengineered plants that produce drugs and chemicals, the Agriculture Department is studying whether ... (Kansas City Star (subscription), MO)

USDA Studies Revamping Biotech Rules  23 Jan 2004
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS [Associated Press] - January 23, 2004 - WASHINGTON - Worried about the inadvertent spread of new bioengineered plants that produce drugs and ... (Seafood.com)

AP News in Brief  23 Jan 2004
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Worried about the inadvertent spread of new bioengineered plants that produce drugs and chemicals, the Agriculture Department is studying ... (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)

Risks feared in bioengineered insects  Jan 22, 2004
By Justin Gillis. WASHINGTON — The insect world could shortly undergo a genetic makeover in the lab. Scientists are at work developing ... (Seattle Times, WA)

Scientist here hopes bioengineered crop will help African food ...   Dec 28, 2003
...unsafe. Also, Ndunguru is aware that some feel that introducing bioengineered food to the Third World is a form of neocolonization. ... (The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO)

Bioengineered Fish Now On Sale  Jan 6, 2004
DURHAM, NC -- Some petshops in the state are selling what's being touted as the country's first genetically altered pet. The Glofish ... (NBC 17.com, NC)

Report: Biotech organisms need better confinement  Jan 20, 2004
The National Academy of Sciences released a report Tuesday outlining the difficulties of making sure that bioengineered plants, animals and microbes don't run ... (USA Today)

GloFish zoom to market  Jan 21, 2004
A report issued Tuesday by the National Research Council also raises concerns about the release of bioengineered animals into the wild. ... (Christian Science Monitor)

Germany backs modified crops  Jan 12, 2004
BERLIN Germany is drafting a law that would allow farmers to plant bioengineered crops, the country's consumer affairs minister said on Monday, and she ... (International Herald Tribune, France)

BioSphere Medical To Announce Year End and 4th Quarter, 2003 ...   Jan 9, 2004
9, 2004--BIOSPHERE MEDICAL, (NASDAQ: BSMD), a medical device company that is pioneering the use of bioengineered microspheres to treat hypervascularized tumors ... (Business Wire (press release))

N. California activists seek to exterminate biotech crops  Jan 11, 2004
...on the other hand, would be the biggest setback for activists since the 2002 defeat in Oregon of a proposal to require labeling of all food with bioengineered ... (Oregonian, OR)

Unlocking the mysteries of milk  Jan 17, 2004
Several years ago, British biotechnology company PPL Therapeutics reported that it had bioengineered three cows with the genes that produce the protein alpha ... (The Globe and Mail, Canada)

When the Body Attacks Itself  Jan 11, 2004
Genentech’s drug Rituxan, a bioengineered antibody against B cells, is now in early trials for lupus, the most challenging of all autoimmune diseases because ... (Newsweek)

Taylor opposes foreign shrimp  Jan 13, 2004
...and is available 52 weeks a year," said Wally Stevens, president of the American Seafood Distributors Association, explaining the benefits of the bioengineered ... (Biloxi Sun Herald, MS)

Building a better mosquito  Jan 6, 2004
Bioengineered insects could help defeat malaria -- or they could turn out to be Frankenbugs, wreaking havoc on our ecosystem. By Steven Kotler. Jan. ... (Salon (subscription))

CGF Securities, LLC Announces Investment Opinion on BioSphere ...   Jan 15, 2004
...has given a "Buy" recommendation in an Initial Report of BIOSPHERE MEDICAL (Nasdaq:BSMD), a medical device company that is pioneering the use of bioengineered ... (Business Wire (press release))

Griles Goat Boy  Jan 9, 2004
...comprehensive study yet made of chemical use on genetically modified crops" suggest that one of the GM industry's central promises--namely, that bioengineered ... (Sierra Club)

Agricultural Biotechnology Potential in the Developing World  Dec 29, 2003
However, while it is true that most commercially available bioengineered plants were designed for farmers in the industrialized world, the increasing adoption ... (Truth about Trade & Technology, United States)

The Perils of the Precautionary Principle: Lessons from the ...   Jan 15, 2004
Some have argued that the USA is more tolerant than Europe of the possible risks of bioengineered foods, global climate change, and industrial chemical ... (Heritage.org, DC)

Breaking schmooze: Charlotte plans big rally for Rams-Panthers ...   Jan 6, 2004
...biotech firms campaigning against a March 2 referendum in California's Mendocino County that would impose the nation's first ban against growing bioengineered ... (The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO)

2003 a year of advances, tragedy in scientific world  Dec 31, 2003
Debate continued to swirl around many issues, including climate change, cloning, stem-cell research, bioengineered crops and endangered species. ... (Oregonian, OR)

GloFish draw suit  Jan 7, 2004
They pointed out that Singapore and Japan had already halted sales of fluorescing zebrafish and that many similar new bioengineered products are on the horizon ... (Biomedcentral.com, UK)

Cream of the crop  Dec 29, 2003
4. "Finding Nemo." Comedy, suspense, heart! And all of it from a school of animated fish bioengineered on computers at Pixar. How do they do that? ... (Biloxi Sun Herald, MS)