Dow AgroSciences and Sangamo BioSciences yesterday announced the successful completion of multiple research milestones as part of their Research and Commercial License Agreement, according to a press release from Dow. The three-year agreement provides Dow AgroSciences with access to Sangamo’s proprietary zinc finger DNA-binding protein (ZFP) technology for the development of products in plants and... »

A South African artist has displayed a transgenic cactus with human genes that allow it to grow human hair, according to a press release from biotech firm Nextgencode. The artist reports that bald men seem to be particularly interested in the cactus. The “company,” in case you hadn’t realized, is fake. It’s a creation of the... »

Google has a new version of Blogger in beta testing, which I’ve moved the contents of this blog too. You’re looking at it right now. (Update: I’ve since moved to WordPress, hosted at www.matthewmullen.com) The new Blogger software includes new features, the foremost among them being drag-and-drop template editing, post labels, and privacy controls. Readers shouldn’t... »

Monsanto has told European investors that ‘growth and leadership’ are the decade’s top priorities. Speaking at an investor meeting in London last week, Monsanto chairman Hugh Grant outlined the key factors expected to drive the companys growth through 2010. Read the rest of the article on Food Navigator Europe>> »

A seed company and a group of Midwestern farmers who sued Monsanto for allegedly monopolizing the biotech corn seed market were denied class-action status Monday in federal court in Wilmington, Del, according to this news brief in the St. Louis Dispatch. The plaintiffs, led by American Seed Co. of Spring Grove, Pa., alleged that... »