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News USDA approves release of transgenic pink bollworm moths on up to 120 acres of cotton in Arizona. April 26, 2007. The US Department of Agriculture Biotechnology Regulatory Service has granted a permit for the release of sterile, genetically marked pink bollworm in up to 120 acres of commercial cotton in Arizona in the summer of 2007. USDA researchers associated with the existing sterile insect control programme will evaluate the performance of a strain modified with a heritable marker and irradiated at a lower dose than the standard of 20 KR. The modified moths are expected to be more competitive because of the reduction in radiation damage and easier to monitor accurately with the addition of the in-built marker. The experimental strain was developed in collaboration with Oxitec Ltd using Oxitec technology. The modified moths will be produced at a rate of around 400,000 per week at the USDA rearing facility in Phoenix.
Oxitec runner-up in the Oxford and South East award for Innovation in Enabling Biotechnology, 2006 Oxford, UK, June 2006 - The award recognises innovation and enterprise in emerging technology-based life science businesses. Nominations were received for companies from Oxford and the South-East of England, and was open to companies based in Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex or Kent. |
News 16 October 06 Dr Andrew McKemey joins Oxitec's Business Development team. 28 June 06 25 June 06
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