NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2012 Oxitec appoints Dr Christopher Richards as Chairman We are delighted to announce that Dr Chris Richards has joined us as Chairman with effect from January this year. In 20 years with ICI, Zeneca and Syngenta, he has gained wide experience in technical and commercial areas, including in ICI Public Health and general [...]
Wednesday 8th February 2012 The BBC’s radio programme Costing the Earth is a science based programme looking at man’s effect on the environment and how the planet reacts, questioning accepted truths, challenging those in charge and reporting on progress towards improving the world. The programme tonight at 9pm UK time ‘adapting insects’ is presented by [...]
Wednesday, February 1st 2012 Advocates of genetic engineering often appear to claim that GM is nothing new, that we have modified the genomes of animals and plants since prehistoric times and GM is just a faster, more precise way of doing this. Opponents on the other hand tend to assert that it is a radical [...]