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Swiss author ladles up genetically modified recipes

This content was published on Aug 14, 2001 Author Beda Stadler, deputy head of the immunology Department at Bern’s university hospital, and an energetic champion of genetically modified, (GM) foods, tells swissinfo that some 3,500 copies of his book are now available online. The modified foods are “safer, tastier and more ecological” than their organic counterparts, he says, and his book aims to…

Novartis unit faces legal action over cartel claims

This content was published on Aug 13, 2001 The controversy centres on the development of generic drug treatments in the US. It’s alleged that Geneva Pharmaceuticals stifled competition in the drugs industry by failing to develop a generic treatment for high blood pressure. Geneva Pharmaceuticals was the first company given approval by the US authorities to copy Hytrin, which generates annual sales of…

Marking glacial change on Grindelwald’s trail

This content was published on Aug 13, 2001 Climbing the trail to the Lower Grindelwald Glacier, Hans-Peter Holzhauser, a leading glaciologist from the University of Zurich, notes the alarming rate at which the Grindelwald is retreating. For the layman venturing along the trail on a hot summer day, the deep gorge and high moraine walls carved out by the glacier confirm headlines that…

Glaciers head towards meltdown

This content was published on Aug 10, 2001 The Aletsch, the longest glacier in the Alps, isn’t what it used to be. Measuring nearly 27 kilometres in length about 150 years ago, it has since receded about three kilometres and lost about 20 per cent of its surface area. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Lower Grindelwald Glacier attracted scholars, painters and…

Glacier experiments helped define ice age theory

This content was published on Aug 10, 2001 In 1827, Franz Joseph Hugi of Solothurn built a primitive hut on the glacier, then pounded in a series of stakes and chiselled marks onto the rocks, becoming the first to measure glacial movement. It was an important development, supporting theories of some European scholars and confirming what mountain dwellers already knew — that glaciers…

Government launches psychological support offensive

This content was published on Aug 10, 2001 The Federal Department for Civil Protection decided to run the training programme to deal with the problems faced by hundreds of Swiss citizens who have been involved in serious accidents and disasters, such as the Swissair commuter plane which crashed outside Zurich in early 2000. The courses are run with the help of the Federation…

Neuchâtel research centre to focus on plant interaction

This content was published on Aug 10, 2001 The new centre will focus its research during its 10-year franchise on three domains, with laboratory and field studies. Scientists will look at plant physiology, interactions between plants and ecosystems, and applied projects. The aim is to provide as wide a view as possible of plant interaction with the environment. “Looking at the interactions surrounding…

Roche appoints new chief financial officer

This content was published on Aug 10, 2001 Hunziker, 48, has a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and is currently chief executive officer of the international trading group Diethelm Keller. From 1983 to 1998, he held leading positions in finance, including the diagnostics and pharmaceuticals business of Boehringer Mannheim, and he more recently was chief…

WADA boost for Lausanne

This content was published on Aug 9, 2001 Of the five cities still in contention to house the high-profile organisation, Lausanne, Montreal and Vienna were picked out as having “distinguished themselves” in the bidding to host the agency. The committee said that it was not criticising the other two bids by Bonn and Stockholm, but simply stating that the other three offered “the…

“Too clean” Swiss lakes threaten fish stocks

This content was published on Aug 8, 2001 Last year’s fish catch of 1,700 tonnes was down by 10 per cent compared to the past decade’s average results, according to the Swiss Environment Agency. Fishermen’s earnings also dropped by about one-third in comparison to the 1980s. Erich Staub, head of the fisheries division at the agency, told swissinfo the decrease in fish had…

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