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Plant & Food $8.5 million research grant includes GM techniques used 'in lab' only
By Fiona Rotherham Sept. 15 (BusinessDesk) - An $8.5 million research grant awarded to crown research institute Plant & Food this week for new breeding technologies for high value plant industries includes gene editing which is considered in New Zealand to be part of genetic m...
Regulator pushes Fonterra to review reference products more regularly
By Paul McBeth Sept. 15 (BusinessDesk) - The Commerce Commission wants Fonterra Cooperative Group to more regularly review the basket of products used to set its farmgate milk prices. The antitrust regulator gave the Auckland-based milk processor's 2015/16 base milk price...
Caldera says third study of PSA-test alternative shows high ability to spot Prostate cancer
By Jonathan Underhill Sept. 15 (BusinessDesk) - Caldera Health, a New Zealand biotech company working on a gene-sequencing replacement for the world’s most widely used prostate cancer test, says its third clinical test has shown a strong ability to identify prostate cancer and...