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...unpredictable, dangerous story, Rees notes, and "I've been lucky to have the great support of our Palestinian correspondent, JAMIL HAMAD, and military affairs reporter AHARON KLEIN, as well as advice from my predecessor, LISA BEYER, who is now a senior writer in New York." Still, the story is particularly sad for a correspondent in a region where historic steps on the path to peace have been taken in recent years. "I've been touched by the deep sense of disappointment--almost depression--in my Israeli and Palestinian friends," says Rees. "Their hopes, built over the past seven years, have...
...With reporting by Lisa Beyer and Matt Rees/Jerusalem and Jay Branegan/Washington
...about a year now--ever since Potrykus and his chief collaborator, Peter Beyer of the University of Freiburg in Germany, announced their achievement--their golden grain has illuminated an increasingly polarized public debate. At issue is the question of what genetically engineered crops represent. Are they, as their proponents argue, a technological leap forward that will bestow incalculable benefits on the world and its people? Or do they represent a perilous step down a slippery slope that will lead to ecological and agricultural ruin? Is genetic engineering just a more efficient way to do the business of conventional crossbreeding...
...Rockefeller-sponsored meeting that Potrykus met the University of Freiburg's Peter Beyer, an expert on the beta-carotene pathway in daffodils. By combining their expertise, the two scientists figured, they might be able to remedy this unfortunate oversight in nature. So in 1993, with some $100,000 in seed money from the Rockefeller Foundation, Potrykus and Beyer launched what turned into a seven-year, $2.6 million project, backed also by the Swiss government and the European Union. "I was in a privileged situation," reflects Potrykus, "because I was able to operate without industrial support. Only in that situation...
That indeed is what Potrykus announced he and Beyer planned to do. The two scientists soon discovered, however, that giving away golden rice was not going to be as easy as they thought. The genes they transferred and the bacteria they used to transfer those genes were all encumbered by patents and proprietary rights. Three months ago, the two scientists struck a deal with AstraZeneca, which is based in London and holds an exclusive license to one of the genes Potrykus and Beyer used to create golden rice. In exchange for commercial marketing rights in the U.S. and other affluent...