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NEWS ON AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY - CHECKBIOTECH
In this section you might download articles on agricultural biotechnology written by Christof Fellmann for Checkbiotech. At Checkbiotech, we specialize in covering research in the field of agricultural biotechnology, with the goal of awakening the world's interest in how research in this field can benefit society.
 Small green factories producing valuable natural products - March 29, 2005
BASEL - A new study showed that genetic engineering, combined with a solid knowledge of plant metabolism, produced transgenic plants that more closely resembled the original species than those produced through conventional breeding.
Ecological and economical methods to produce hydrogen for fuel cells - April 27, 2004
BASEL - New techniques allow the production of low-cost hydrogen (H2) from renewable energy sources such as ethanol obtained from corn fermentation. The produced H2 can then be used in hydrogen fuel cells that might deliver electricity for applications as different as a car engine or the accumulator of a laptop or cell-phone.
New method prevents unwanted gene flow of GM plants - June 5, 2003
BASEL – A new study shows that a special two component system represses the gene flow from GM plants to related plant species. The system consists of two complexes, one containing the new desired gene and a lethal factor gene, the second one containing a gene that codes for a protein to suppress the lethal factor gene.
A way to bypass cross-pollination - May 23, 2003
BASEL – Success in expressing tetanus toxin fragments in plant chloroplasts provides a potential route towards the development of safe, plant-based proteins.
High-quality protein production in plant cell culture systems - March 05, 2003
BASEL – Plant cell cultures have been shown to be an advantageous system for producing high quality human proteins for medical and industrial uses. Newly, scientists in Korea succeded in expressing high-purity human interleukin-12 protein in such a cell culture system.
Fighting against resistance - January 24, 2003
BASEL - Resistance to insecticide expressing transgenic plants is a major problem in modern agriculture. But lately, leading scientists are honing in on new biotechnological solutions.
Reliable enzyme activity translates into more starch - December 20, 2002
BASEL – Recently a team of British scientists patented their invention to increase starch content in plants for commercial use.
Deregulation of Monsanto’s genetically engineered canola - December 12, 2002
The animal and plant health inspection service (APHIS) recently decided to deregulate Monsanto’s genetically engineered canola GT200.
Which came first, the allergen or the GMO? - November 29, 2002
The EU’s decision, earlier this month, to more precisely label all food products to better inform consumers of possible allergens, may have facilitated yesterday’s decision to allow for the introduction of genetically modified (GM) food under strict labelling requirements.
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