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  • Testbiotech warns against using synthetic algae

    The risk to the environment from artificial organisms could get out of control

    Artificial organisms are being developed to produce new kinds of biofuels with a higher efficiency, so called “synthifuels”. Testbiotech is today releasing a new report on Synthetic Biology, which…

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  • DNA from transgenic plants found in milk and animal tissue

    Traces of genetically engineered maize and soy in goats, fish and pigs

    A recent Testbiotech survey shows that DNA fragments from transgenic plants are increasingly found in animal tissue such as milk, inner organs and muscles. Most recently, in April 2010,…

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  • Genetically engineered wheat shows unexpected ecological behaviour

    Testbiotech calls for new concept in risk assessment

    Recent research by Swiss scientists has shown some alarming effects in genetically engineered wheat. The wheat grew normally and had better resistance to a certain fungal disease in the…

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