portrayed by some environmental groups as an enemy of our ecosystem. I am here today, as a representative of the agri-business industry, to address concerns of agricultural biotechnology and its impact on the environment, particularly the concerns surrounding the environmental impact of gene escape from transgenic plants to wild plants and the development of resistance by pests to genetically a...

To detect and identify six varieties of genetically modified (GM) maize, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays were performed in the present study. The effect of heat treatment on the detection of the genes by the PCR methods was investigated. Maize samples were subjected to 100 ̊C and 121 ̊C heat treatment for different time intervals, and PCR tests were then conducted by using primers specific...

Our recent work (Séralini et al., 2012) remains to date the most detailed study involving the life-long consumption of an agricultural genetically modified organism (GMO). This is true especially for NK603 maize for which only a 90-day test for commercial release was previously conducted using the same rat strain (Hammond et al., 2004). It is also the first long term detailed research on mammal...

In this work a study and calculation of the normal approach between two bodies, spherical rough flat surface, had been conducted by aid image processing technique. Four kinds metals different hardening index used as surface specimens capturing images resolution 0.006565 mm/pixel good estimate may be obtained compression tests done in strength material laboratory mechanical engineering departmen...

In his Foreword to my book Haldane’s Daedalus Revisited, Nobel laureate Joshua Lederberg (1995) correctly emphasized the difficulty of making accurate scientific predictions. Nevertheless, I agree with M. S. Swaminathan (2012) that the current concerns of biosafety will soon give way to an appreciation of the potential benefits of the new genetics including the GMO technology. I have reviewed t...

In the second half of 2019, Superior Court Justice (STJ) made an important decision on extension proprietary rights over life: it established that transgenic seeds are patentable and, therefore, charging royalties them is legal. The judgment was result a dispute between Monsanto and rural producers in Rio Grande do Sul. aim this article to analyze judgment, examining its legal foundations, cont...

The multinational Monsanto effectively used a (non-existent) patent in Pakistan to block approval of locally developed genetically modified (GM) cotton seeds during 2002–2010, despite their immense popularity with farmers. also (unsuccessfully) tried negotiate an arrangement the Pakistani government that would create conditions under which could operate without subjecting itself market vicissit...