Quick Reads

Craig Venter pone un huevo de Pascua

Después de seis años, Sintia resucita
28 March 2016

Craig Venter, el arrogante billonario, conocido como el chico malo de las biociencias, anunció que su equipo logró producir Synthia 3.0, la forma de vida autorreplicante más simple que puede existir, creada totalmente por seres humanos, lo cual tiene serias implicaciones científicas y comerciales y cero consideraciones bioéticas.

Craig Venter Lays an Easter Egg

Six Years in the Making, “Synthia” is Resurrected
24 March 2016

Synthetic Biology, according to its proponents, is moving at five times the pace of Moore’s law – basically doubling its capabilities and halving its costs every four months. Except that brash billionaire Craig Venter, often dubbed Bioscience’s Bad Boy, is no Gordon Moore. Venter has just announced that his team has produced Synthia 3.0 – the simplest human-made and self-replicating lifeform ever. Synthia 1.0 was announced – after years of delays – in 2010 and its second coming in this new form has been awaited ever since. Synthia 2.0 slipped by without notice – apparently not much to talk about – but this new version is being hailed by at least some synthetic biology scientists as a breakthrough.

L'avenir de l'alimentation mondiale sous l'emprise des multinationales aux Nations unies

Plus de 100 organisations de la société civile tirent la sonnette d’alarme à l'ouverture de la réunion de la FAO sur les biotechnologies
15 February 2016

(Rome, lundi 15 février 2016) Juste au moment où les entreprises de biotechnologie qui fabriquent les semences transgéniques renforcent leur contrôle du commerce mondial, la FAO leur offre une tribune pour appuyer leur vision.

Fusión entre Syngenta y ChemChina

¡Las Seis Grandes se convierten en trío!
11 February 2016

Por 10 años seis multinacionales han controlado el 75% de las semillas híbridas y del negocio de plaguicidas. Dow y DuPont acordaron fusionarse y ahora la empresa paraestatal China, ChemChina está adquiriendo Syngenta. Eso significa que Monsanto necesita una fusión urgente para mantenerse en el juego. ¿O será que el juego está por terminarse?

Sino-Genta?

And soon there will be three. Joy of six heads towards a “ménage à trois”
04 February 2016

For a decade, six multinationals have controlled 75% of the world’s high-tech seeds and pesticides businesses. Late last year, Dow and DuPont agreed to merge and now state-owned ChemChina is buying Syngenta for $43 billion. This means that Monsanto needs a merger to stay in the game. Or, is the game about to be called?

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