Two patent disputes settled

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South San Francisco, CA-based Genentech agreed to give the Uhiversity of California (Berkeley, CA) $200 million to settle a patent infringement lawsuit entailing a recombinant version of human growth hormone (hGH). At the same time, St Louis, MO-based Monsanto along with its DEKALB Genetics subsidiary settled several lawsuits with Basel, Switzerland-based Novartis covering several varieties of genetically engineered corn.

Publisher: Nature Publishing Co.
Publication Name: Nature Biotechnology
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1087-0156
Year: 2000
Switzerland, Patents & copyrights, Recombinant DNA Products, Novartis AG, Monsanto Co., Recombinant DNA, Genentech Inc., DEKALB Genetics Corp.

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Transgenic avidin maize is resistant to storage insect pests

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Researchers from the U.S. described the biopesticide properties of avidin, a chicken egg white glycoprotein, in resisting storage insect pests when present in maize.

Author: Kramer, Karl J., Morgan, Thomas D., Throne, James E., Dowell, Floyd E., Bailey, Michele, Howard, John A.
Publisher: Nature Publishing Co.
Publication Name: Nature Biotechnology
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1087-0156
Year: 2000
Biological Products, Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing, Agricultural chemicals, not elsewhere classified, Pesticides NEC, Pesticides

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The greening of chimeric oligonucleotides

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Researchers at Pioneer and Boyce Thompson Institute used chimeric oligonucleotides in targeting mutations into corn embryos and cultured tobacco cells.

Author: Feldmann, Kenneth A.
Publisher: Nature Publishing Co.
Publication Name: Nature Biotechnology
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1087-0156
Year: 1999
Tobacco farms, Tobacco, Tobacco Farming, Oligonucleotides, Nucleotides

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Subjects list: United States, Plant genetics, Corn
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