Reading Time: 3 minutes Australia and New Zealand are bracing for the arrival of a destructive bird flu strain by tightening biosecurity at farms, testing shore birds for disease, vaccinating vulnerable species and war-gaming response plans.
Australia, New Zealand brace for looming bird flu threat
New Zealand to loosen gene editing regulation, make commercialization easier
Reading Time: < 1 minute The New Zealand government said on Tuesday that it would introduce new legislation to make it easier for companies and researchers to develop and commercialize products using gene technologies such as gene editing.
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