No. 293 / August 1997

Gene Dream

Editor's letter

Gene dream
Nikki van der Gaag exposes the promises of genetic engineering for what they are.

Guess what's coming to dinner...

Testing times
Dave King on how genetic testing will lead to discrimination.

Techno-foods
Eat, drink - and be wary, warns Sara Chamberlain.

Flying pigs and featherless chickens.
Down on the pharm with Danny Penman.

GENES - THE FACTS

Essence of Gandhi
A short story by Manjula Padmanabhan

Cotton picking blues
Ricarda Steinbrecher investigates the rise of Superbugs and Superpests.

The BOTMS Guide to Genetics

Resisting the gene raiders
It's a new kind of slavery, says Aroha Te Pareake Mead

Action

plus interview with Vandana Shiva

ILLUSTRATION BY POLYP

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Letter from Ukraine
Update
The NI Interview with Jean-Marie Teno
Reviews:plus Agnes Bernelle classic
NI Crossword
Endpiece: by Steve Eckardt
Country profile: Tunisia

FRONT COVER BY MICHELLE LOUISE DIANN DRY.
MAGAZINE DESIGNED BY ANDREW KOKOTKA.

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