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Issue 2, December 2014

PUB - Public Understanding of Biotechnology

“Secret” technology turns local farm into green tea extract factory

Green tea is often punted as a health drink that contains valuable anti-oxidants. But Roger Duffield, president and CEO of Utah (US)-based company Plandaí Biotechnology Inc., says a cup a day may not keep the doctor away.

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Engineering maize for the African climate

A new drought-resistant maize variety might be on African farmers’ fields as early as 2017.

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Retailers should speak up in GM debate

South Africa is one of the biggest growers of genetically modified (GM) crops in the world: 87% of maize, 92% of soybeans, and 100% of cotton grown in the country is GM.

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Bridging the bio-manufacturing gap

The mixer looks like a giant version of the Kenwood-type cake mixer you might see on that popular reality TV show Cake Boss, and the product not unlike the colourful hundreds-and-thousands often found atop cupcake icing.

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Creating slow-release, high-tech healing gels

For African healers that have used honey to treat burn wounds for thousands of years, it would come as no surprise that this delicious, viscous pancake topping has been proven to have anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties.

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Biotech in business
personal profile:
Paul Voigt
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Biotech Bytes
snippets of the latest in local peer-reviewed research
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Save the date
upcoming biotech events & conferences to diarise.
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Book Review
Biotechnology in Africa: Emergence, Initiatives and Future
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Storified
GMO safety in Africa (conference roundup)
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