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Full English Index for Bio Journal
(From January 2007 to current issue)

Headlines of all articles in Bio Journal translated into English (most recent at top, abbreviations table at foot of page). Where the entire article has been translated into English the headline below is linked to the article. For further information, kindly contact CBIC staff at: cbic@mtf.biglobe.ne.jp





Bio Journal - December 2007

Contents

Trend:
GM Bt maize disrupts aquatic ecosystem (National Science Foundation 2007/10/09, Reuter 2007/10/25)

News

Closeup
  • Side effects in gene therapy for Parkinson's disease






  • Bio Journal - November 2007

    Contents

    Trend:
    Second round of Codex GMO meeting ends

    News

    • France to freeze commercialisation of GM crops (Agence France Presse 2007/09/21)
    • Germany sets the buffer zone on GM maize cultivation (GENET 2007/09/13)
    • Unauthorised GM rapeseed found in Germany (Coalition against Bayer Dangers 2007/09/18)
    • European Court of Justice rules Austrian state law banning GM farming illegal (EuropeBio 2007/09/14)
    • GM sugar beet to be approved in EU? (Reuter 2007/09/10)
    • 3 million signatures demand GM crop cultivation ban in Italy (Reuter 2007/10/1)
    • Argentine high court orders protection of indigenous land and people from GM crops (Jurist, USA 2007/09/19)
    • GM super-weed pollutes Argentine pampas (CNN Money 2007/09/26)
    • Big yield loss due to GM cotton in Punjab, India (Infochange 2007/09/06, The Financial Express 2007/09/19)
    • GM eggplant R&D in India (Cornell University 2007/09/19)
    • Phytase-enhanced GM maize developed in China (SciDev. Net 2007/09/13)
    • GM tree field trial in Taiwan (The China Post 2007/09/14)
    • More than 50% of farmers sceptical about GM crop farming in Australia (North Queensland Register 2007/10/04)
    • Banned GM alfalfa found growing in USA (AP 2007/08/26)
    • USDA ends its investigation on GM rice contamination (Reuter 2007/10/05)
    • GM rice found in Budweiser beer (Beverage daily.com 2007/10/09)
    • Bill Gates Foundation funding drought-tolerant GM crop R&D (The Standard, Kenya 2007/09/09)
    • Attorney General investigates Monsanto on suspicion of anti-trust law violation (LegalNewsLine.com 2007/09/13)
    • GM terminator technology for weed control? (The Financial Express 2007/09/17)
    • Human clone embryo research: use of fertilized triploid ova discussed
    Closeup
  • New "Draft National Biodiversity Strategy" finalised






  • Bio Journal - October 2007

    Contents

    Trend:
    Government of Western Australia to maintain GM crop moratorium? (Western Australian Business News 2007/08/30, WTS 2007/08/05, Federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 2007/08/22)

    News

    • First planting of Monsanto's GM sugar beet in northern USA? (CNN Money USA 2007/08/22)
    • Finnish companies announce use of GM feed (Helsingin Sanomat 2007/08/15, 2007/08/22)
    • Romanian consumers reject GM food (Greenpeace Romania 2007/08/27)
    • Trial for landmine detection GM plant OK'd by Serbian government (Aresa, Denmark 2007/08/27)
    • Kenyan farmers protest GM crops (Africa Science News Service 2007/08/21)
    • Govt of Chile change policy on GMO information disclosure (The Santiago Times 2007/08/24)
    • New Zealand government overturns GM maize approval (ABC news 2007/08/04)
    • GM cotton cultivation hits big wall in Pakistan (The News International 2007/08/20)
    • Offence and defence on GM crop field trials in Thailand (Thai News Agency 2007/08/29)
    • Islamic legalist calls for GM food boycott (Gulf Times, Qatar 2007/08/25)
    • GM BT maize is more susceptible to aphids (Science Daily 2007/08/30)
    • Vancouver Island declares itself GMO FREE (Cowichan News Leader 2007/08/15)
    • Mitsui & Co., Ltd. acquires Brazilian business to secure NON-GM soybeans (Bloomberg 2007/08/09)
    • Monsanto's next-generation strategy to be drought-tolerant GM crops? (U.S. News&World Report 2007/08/19)
    • GM bovine growth hormone-free milk more popular in USA (The Island 2007/08/15)
    • MHLW approves commercialization of cultured skin for transplants (Asahi Shinbun 2007/08/24)
    • First approvals for clinical research on human stem cell under new guidelines (Biotechnology Japan 2007/08/30)
    • GM crop approval data for July
    Closeup
  • Gene therapy technology as a tool for regenerative medicine






  • Bio Journal - September 2007

    Contents

    Trend:
    Moves towards lifting of ban on GM crops in Australia (Green Left 2007/07/14)

    News

    Closeup
  • Moves towards lifting of ban on GM crops in Australian states






  • Bio Journal - August 2007

    Contents

    Trend:
    GM crop areas expand with the biofuel boom (Bloomberg 2007/06/28, USDA report, etc.)

    News

    Closeup
  • Spilled GM canola still spreading






  • Bio Journal - July 2007

    Contents

    Trend:
    Development of GM crops for biofuels (agbios 2007/05/16, Sankei Web 2007/05/28)

    News

    • European Parliament demands import ban on GM fish (European Parliament 2007/05/22
    • US continues pressure on EU for lifting of GM ban (FoE press release 2007/05/30)
    • Cypriot parliament refuses biofuels from GM crops (Cyprus Mail 2007/05/22)
    • EU agriculture ministers adopt 0.9% as GM contamination rate for organic food (Council of the European Union 2007/06/12)
    • Malaysian prime minister emphasises importance of biosafety (The New Straits Times 2007/05/22)
    • Chinese consumers also reject GM foods (Reuters 2007/06/07)
    • Malaysian parliament passes GM food labelling system (The Straits Times, Malaysia, 2007/05/30)
    • Hard-sell of GM foods to Ghana accelerates (The Statesman Ghana 2007/05/09)
    • Burkina Faso postpones cultivation of GM cotton (Yahoo News Canada 2007/05/24)
    • GM crop cultivation expanding in southern Africa but still no inspection organization (The Herald 2007/05/21)
    • Minnesota establishes wild rice protection law (Star Tribune 200705/29)
    • US corn industry: nonseparation of GM (ACGA news and views 2007/05/18)
    • Victoria (Australia) reviews GMO ban policy (Sydney Morning Herald 2007/05/22)
    • Cholera vaccine developed in USA (Scientific American 2007/06/11)
    • New herbicide tolerant crop developed (Nature Online 2007/0/5/24)
    • Japan's GMO-free zone now exceeds 1% of farmland
    • Cells analogous to ES cell produced (Nature 2007/06/06)
    • Draft first report on human clone embryo finalised
    • GM crop approval data for May 2007
    Closeup
  • A stalemate? GM rice R&D






  • Bio Journal - June 2007

    Contents

    Trend:
    En masse disappearance of bees and Bt maize (New York Times 2007/04/24)

    News

    Closeup
  • Second Generation Biofuels








  • Bio Journal - May 2007

    Contents

    Trend:
    Reappraisal points to problems with Monsanto's GM crops (Greenpeace International)

    News

    Closeup
  • Working Group Meeting of Codex Task Force on GM Foods begins (Please see the following article: Attempt to Legitimate GM Contamination Blocked -- Please download the CUJ Japan Resources issue 139 pdf and see the article on p.8.)






  • Bio Journal - April 2007

    Contents

    Trend:
    Russian GM potato experiment results hidden for 8 years (The Independent 2007/2/17)

    News

    • Chinese GM rice fails to be approved again (Xinhua 2007/2/25)
    • Philippino religious leader requests ban on GM rice (Philippine STAR 2007/2/18)
    • Anti-GM rice activities in 13 Asian countries (GM Watch 2007/3/2)
    • Indian basmati rice area becomes GMO-free (The Financial Express 2007/2/24)
    • 75% of German consumers reject GM food (GFK Network 2007/2/17)
    • German GM pea scandal (GE NET 2007/2/20)
    • Hungary's GM maize planting ban continues (Reuter 2007/2/21 and others)
    • Complaint filed by US farmers to stop sale of GM alfalfa (Billings Gazette 2007/2/21)
    • US rice farmers publish results of market research (The Sacramento Bee 2007/2/21)
    • US producers file complaint against Monsanto for monopolistic practices (ACGA 2007/2/22)
    • USDA approves trial for pharm GM rice (Alliance of Concerned Scientists 2007/3/6)
    • Ban on planting of GM contaminated rice in Arkansas (Delta Farm Press 2007/3/6)
    • Auckland (New Zealand) chooses to uphold GMO regulation (ARC New Zealand 2007/2/19)
    • Law for promotion of approval of GM crops passes in Brazil (Market Watch 2007/2/28)
    • GM crop approval temporarily suspended in Uruguay (GE NET 2007/2/19)
    • GM banana to be introduced in Uganda? (The East African 2007/2/19)
    • GM salmon has ferocious nature (New Scientist 2007/2/26)
    • Work begins on the revision of guidelines banning research on human clone embryos
    • Panel on bioethics approves relaxation of human ES cell guidelines
    • GM crop approval data for February 2007
    Closeup
  • Rice pollen could drift 8 times more than the national standard






  • Bio Journal - March 2007

    Contents

    Trend:
    Illegal and unapproved GM rice contamination in rice products from China

    News

    Closeup
    Tabulated Data from ISAAA (International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications)






    Bio Journal - February 2007

    Contents

    Trend:
    Cloned livestock meat to be approved for human consumption in US (Nature 2006/12/29 and others)

    News

    Closeup
    GM maize for ethanol production






    Bio Journal - January 2007

    Contents

    Trend:
    Health effects of GM herbicide tolerant crops spreading (IPS Japan 2006/11/17 and Valor Economico 2006/11/17)

    News

    • US approves illegally distributed GM LL rice 601 (USDA 2006/11/24)
    • Bayer says "illegal distribution was an act of God" (Washington Post 2006/11/22)
    • US introduces an emergency motion on non-approved GMOs to CODEX meeting
    • Thai and Vietnamese rice farmers announce non-GMO declaration (Bangkok Post 2006/11/28)
    • Hungary passes GM crop cultivation regulatory law (BBC News 2006/11/28)
    • EU maintains import ban on Canadian canola (Agbios 2006/11/28)
    • Bolivia excludes GM crops and declares itself oasis nation of organic farming (BBC 2006/11/13)
    • Cultivation of GM crops banned in Brazilian indigenous people's regions (GM Weekly Watch 2006/12/01)
    • UK approves cultivation trials of GM potato (Reuters 2006/12/01)
    • Food-use GM cotton developed (AP 2006/11/26)
    • Cedar pollen allergenic GM rice to be tested on humans
    • Russia's largest food manufacturer adopts GMO-free stance (GM Watch 2006/11/25)
    • New Zealand GM seed pollution spreads (New Zealand Press Association 2006/12/07)
    • Bio-fuel and GMOs (Nikkei Biotech 2006/12/04, Agriculture online news 2006/11/21 and others)
    • Researchers call for relaxation of regulations on means of obtaining human embryos
    • GM crop approval data for November 2006
    Closeup
    Themes discussed at the CODEX meeting






    Abbreviations

    AIST width="60"The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    BRAINBio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution
    BSEBovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
    BtBacillus thuringiensis
    GMGenetically Modified
    GMOGenetically Modified Organism
    EPAEnvironmental Protection Agency
    ESEmbryonic Stem (cell)
    EUEuropean Union
    IPODThe International Patent Organism Depository
    JAPRThe Japan Association for Advancement of Phyto-regulators
    KONARCNational Agricultural Research Center for Kyushu Okinawa Region
    MAFFMinistry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
    MATMulti-Auto-Transformation
    METIMinistry of Economy, Trade and Industry
    MEXTMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
    MHLWMinistry of Health, Labour and Welfare
    NARCNational Agricultural Research Center
    NARCHNational Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region
    NARCTNational Agricultural Research Center for Tohoku Region
    NIAESNational Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences
    NIASNational Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
    NICSNational Institute of Crop Science
    NIFTSNational Institute of Fruit Tree Science
    NIFSNational Institute of Floricultural Science
    NIAHNational Institute of Animal Health
    NILGSNational Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science
    NIVTSNational Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science
    R&DResearch and Development
    SAPScientific Advisory Panel
    SNPsingle nucleotide polymorphism
    vCJDvariant Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease
    WeNARCNational Agricultural Research Center for Western Region

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