GM-free Japan

Politics of Framing in the GM Consensus Conference in Japan

GM-free private standards, public regulation of GM products and mass media

This paper provides evidence on private standards on genetically modified (GM) organisms for 44 retailers operating in 54 countries, distinguishing between retailers not using GM ingredients, and retailers using ingredients which are potentially GM in private label products. Using this information, we empirically investigate the drivers that induce retailers to adopting a GM-free private standa...

GM animals - another GM crops?

As new biotechnologies are developed, the parallels with GM crops are often drawn. In this paper, I consider GM animals and contrast them with GM crops. I use a systems of innovation perspective to consider innovation, product markets and regulatory systems and suggest that whilst there are some parallels between GM crops and animals there are also clear differences. There are differences in th...

A cell free assay system estimating the neutralizing capacity of GM-CSF antibody using recombinant soluble GM-CSF receptor.

BACKGROUNDS Previously, we demonstrated that neutralizing capacity but not the concentration of GM-CSF autoantibody was correlated with the disease severity in patients with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP)¹⁻³. As abrogation of GM-CSF bioactivity in the lung is the likely cause for autoimmune PAP⁴⁻⁵, it is promising to measure the neutralizing capacity of GM-CSF autoantibodies fo...

Radiation measurement in East Japan using a GM-tube detector after the Fukushima nuclear accident

A commercially available GM-tube detector calibrated with a Cs-137 standard source was used to determine the status of environmental radioactive contamination caused by the Fukushima nuclear accident. The calibration was achieved with a quadratic correction function for dose rates up to 4 Sv/h. The calibrated GM-tube detector was used for measuring air dose rates and ground surface contaminati...