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Biochemists in India have come up with a first in genetically modified
organisms: patent-free seeds. The transgenic crop produces potatoes packed
with 30 percent more protein (thus its name, the "protato") and increased
amounts of amino acids. If all goes well in final health tests, Indian
farmers will harvest protatoes by year's end, and the government will
distribute them as a cheap and easy source of nutrients. The scientists,
including Subhra Chakraborty (pictured), work at Jawaharlal Nehru University
in New Delhi. They hope the seeds will start a bioengineering trend of
researchers suspending their intellectual property rights to share findings
with peers and make progress more quickly.
- Eric Steuer

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INDIA GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEED FAILS, ADDING TO POOR FARMERS' BURDEN

DHUMNAGAR, India (UCAN) -- At least 500,000 farmers have been left in
the lurch in eastern India after the failure of a crop of genetically
modified maize.