An unnatural harvest

Article Abstract:

Genetically modified plants have the potential to play a significant role in preventing and curing disease. Biotechnology companies are already growing drugs in transgenic plants such as maize, and believe that this will prove the best approach in the future. Plant vaccines against diseases such as hepatitis can be eaten, rather than injected, and do not have to be kept refrigerated, which would make them much more suitable for use in developing countries. Biotechnology companies are looking in particular at the tobacco plant, and research in California is investigating how this plant could grow antibodies to act as a contraceptive.

Science & research, California, Plant Genetics, Research, Genetically modified plants

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Biotech stocks slide as markets turn sceptical on 'Book of Life.'

Article Abstract:

The biotechnology sector is beginning to be affected by scepticism, with doubts being raised about the commercial applications of the full sequencing of the human genome. There has been a significant drop in the value of biotechnology shares.

Market information - general, Financial analysis, Economic aspects, Securities, Valuation, Chromosome mapping

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A virtual cure for invisible fears

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Many people suffer from a fear of public speaking, which is a social phobia that can cause distressing physiological symptoms. Doctors at the London Institute of Psychiatry have created a new treatment for sufferers using virtual reality.

Psychological aspects, Health aspects, Care and treatment, Virtual reality, Public speaking, Phobias, Stage fright

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