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Argentina is just as sensibly working to cut its dependence on commodities-- the bane of almost every Latin economy. Argentina, which has one of the region's more skilled workforces, recently passed a biotechnology-promotion law to channel incentives to biotech firms. One, Bio Sidus, with $40 million in annual sales, is pioneering an affordable human-growth hormone from the milk of genetically modified calves cloned 60 miles (97 km) from Buenos Aires. "Our traditional cattle-ranching experience gives us a big advantage," says Bio Sidus president Marcelo Argelles. "But our biggest challenge is obtaining financing at international rates...
...This will not be a quick exercise," Britain's Acting Chief Veterinary Officer Fred Landeg said. "This is a particularly challenging site and our priority is to adhere to strict bio-security, and the health and safety of staff on site is paramount...
...Oragene kit to preserve a bit of a loved one--or themselves--if they fear that their remains may later need to be identified. On a more uplifting note, an Ottawa company, DNA 11, uses the kits to collect DNA that is then photographed and turned into personalized bio-art portraits...
...whole problem. It’s not like we can go out and start buying Hummers,” said study co-author and materials science professor Michael J. Aziz. Rather, House suggests a comprehensive plan that involves utilizing electrochemical weathering, increasing energy conservation, improving renewable energy, using bio-diesel fuel in automobiles, and injecting carbon into geological formations. According to House, venture capitalists and other researchers have expressed interest in the project, but public funding may be hard to come by because of the government’s hesitancy to engineer the environment. Significant concerns remain over the cost...
...hand is one of safety, not ethics. A Canadian action group named Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC) has been a consistent critic of synbio research and plans to challenge Venter’s patent application. Two commonly cited risks of this research include the possibility for “bio-terror,” which is the use of new and potentially devastating bioweaponry by terrorist groups, and “bio-error,” which includes any inadvertent injury done to the environment by escaped synthetic material. Both supporters and critics of synthetic biology acknowledge the potential dangers...