modified crops first appeared commercially in the mid-1990s and today GM crops are grown commercially by 8.25 million farmers on 200 million acres spread throughout 17 countries (Schmidt‚ 2005). Genetically modified foods or biotech foods can be described simply as foods derived from genetically modified organisms. These crop plants created for human or animal consumption using the latest molecular biology techniques. In his essay “Genetically Modified Foods: An Insight”
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presented seminars on Ribozymes‚ Cholinesterase and Cystic fibrosis which have helped me to improve my academic skills. I had undergone training at various research centers during my summer vacation on topics such as “Electrophoresis at Yercaud Biotech”‚ “Effluent Treatment at TNPL (Tamilnadu Newsprint and Papers Limited)”‚ “Plant Tissue Culture at TNAU (TamilNadu Agricultural University‚ Asia’s leading agricultural college)” and a day interaction with the scientist at IARI( Indian Agricultural
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Intro: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is an Indianentrepreneur. She is the Chairman & Managing Director of Biocon Limited a biotechnology company based in Bangalore (Bengaluru)‚ India. Edu Qual: Mazumdar-Shaw completed her schooling from the city’s Bishop Cotton Girl’s High School(1968). She wanted to join medical school but instead took up biology and completed her BSc Zoology Honours course from Mount Carmel College‚ Bangalore University (1973). She later did her post-graduation in Malting and Brewing
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produce EPO protein i.e. host cell and its vector. Strengths of product patent: • Provide best possible protection i.e. firm has the right to exclude others from making‚ selling‚ using or importing Weakness of product patent: • Hard to obtain for biotech companies because most of these products have already been discovered and isolated. Strengths of process patent: • Since “first-scale doctrine” does not apply to process patents‚ people who have bought the patented product could not resell the
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Case: Bird’s Eye UK Frozen Food Industry Q1 Why did Bird’s Eye develop a vertically integrated Company? Q2. What Competitive Advantage did Bird’s Eye build over integrated producers? Q3. Why did the frozen food industry de-integrate? Q4 What could Bird’s Eye done to stop de-integration of industry? Q5 What should Bird’s Eye do now? Case: RPG Enterprises‚ 1995 Q1 What are key goals that RPG Enterprise has set for itself? Q2. How group affiliations help the individual businesses as compared
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carbonated beverages containing aspartame are sold for public consumption. Diet Coke was sweetened with aspartame after the sweetener became available in the United States. 1996 Monsanto introduces its first biotech crop‚ Roundup Ready soybeans which tolerate spraying of Roundup herbicide‚ and biotech BT cotton engineered to resist insect damage 2000 Monsanto merges with Pharmacia and Upjohn‚ and ceases to exist. Pharmacia forms a new subsidiary‚ also named Monsanto‚ for the agricultural divisions‚ and
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population and one of those is a move towards a healthier lifestyle; this is a prominent move in the US. Monsanto are faced by the critiques of environmentalists who fear for the health issues that relate to the chemically enhanced products‚ they believe biotech products are unnatural and that the right standards have not been created to determine the safety of the products. Consumer acceptance of GM foods remains a serious issue that will determine the future of GM foods; however‚ the information of GM foods
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liable for any loss incurred by users from any use of the publication or contents. Directory of Clinical Research Companies in India Preface India is fast emerging as a favoured destination for clinical trials by global pharmaceutical and biotech companies that are looking for partnerships or setting up new operations. Two major reasons for its popularity are: easy access and availability of a large‚ diverse and therapy-naïve population with vast gene pool and lower cost of technical services
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1.0 Introduction China introduced market reforms in the early 1980s; only a third of the economy is now directly state-controlled. Since joining the World Trade Organization in 2001‚ China has rapidly become an economic force‚ doubling its share of global manufacturing output and creating a commodity-market boom. In 2004 China became the largest exporter of information and communication technology (ICT) exports. In China‚ the Hi-tech industry‚ that includes software industry is a recent phenomenon
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References: Brookes‚ G.‚ & Barfoot‚ P. (2010). Global impact of biotech crops: Environmental Effects‚ 1996-2010 Miflin‚ B. (2011). Agbioworld. Retrieved from http://www.agbioworld.org/biotech-info/articles/biotech- Smith‚ J.M. (2011). The Fight Against GMOs. Share Guide‚ (114)‚ 10-33. Toft‚ K. (2012). GMOs and Global Justice: Applying Global Justice Theory to the Case of Genetically
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