In October 2006 the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, namely the Community Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed (CRL-GMFF), received samples possibly containing Bt rice as tested by GeneScan with a “Bt 63” construct-specific method. The CRL-GMFF, as a result of the analyses conducted, suggested to the European Network of GMO Laboratories (ENGL) and to the EU enforcement lab...

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What is negative about negative data? Scientists understand negative data from our training in data analysis and statistics, where we use a positive concept of negative data. Negative data are data that do not enable us to reject our null hypothesis. Such data are often difficult to publish because it is not possible to prove the null hypothesis. Every active research scientist has a large draw...