Though Japan has surpassed South Korea in terms of research and development (R&D) in the area of regenerative medicine, South Korea has been more successful at commercialization. This paper focuses on the setup and operation of actual systems that consider the promotion of regenerative medicine...

Norway has national legislation concerning processed GM food and feed products that are harmonised with the EU legislation, but as a member of the EEA, Norway has some flexibilities. EU regulations on genetically modified food and feed, among them Regulation 1829/2003 on genetically modified...

Although the benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops have been well documented, how do farmers manage the risk of new technology in the early stages of technology adoption has received less attention. We compare the total factor productivity (TFP) of cotton to other major crops (wheat, rice,...

Judge Bryson recently asserted in Association for Molecular Pathology v. US Patent and Trademark Office (dissenting-in-part) that human gene patents "present a significant obstacle to the next generation of innovation in genetic medicine — multiplex tests and whole-genome sequencing." His...

Agricultural science and technology (S&T) is under great scrutiny. Reorientation towards more holistic approaches, including agroecology, has recently been backed by a global international assessment of agriculture S&T for development (IAASTD). Understanding the past and current trends of...

Kulturpflanzen haben unter ressourcenökonomischen Gesichtspunkten ein enormes Potential, zum einen als Rohstofflieferant, aber auch als Biofrabrik der Zukunft. Die Anwendung von Biotechnologie in der Pflanzenzüchtung (Crop Science) wird bereits als "dritte technologische Revolution" gepriesen,...