Table of Contents
Bio
Critical Reviews
Open Letter on Retraction and Pledge to Boycott Elsevier (2013)
Critical Reviews
Cauliflower Mosaic Viral promoter - a recipe for disaster? (2001)
Critical Reviews
Open letter from world scientists to all governments concerning genetically modified organisms (GMOs) (1999) (The 800+ scientists letter)
Critical Reviews
Bio
Wikipedia: Mae-Wan Ho
Critical Reviews
Editorials
AgBioWorld: Mae-Wan Ho
Kevin Folta shares an exchange with Mae-Wan Ho
RationalWiki: Mae-Wan Ho
Ttguy: Mae-Wan Ho’s claimed credentials
Discussions
GMO Skepti-Forum discusses an article by Mae-Wan Ho on Facebook
Other useful information
Mae-Wan Ho claims to be associated with
the University of Catania and Open University
, but is not searchable on either
Catania
or
Open University.
Open University maintains that she has had no affiliation with them since 2000 (personal communication).
The Institute of Science in Society is on
Quackwatch's list of questionable organizations
.
The Institute of Science in Society holds views that run counter to mainstream science in several areas; for instance, they hold that
HIV does not cause AIDS
, that
homeopathy is effective
, and that
vaccines are dangerous
. They also
promote “miracle cures”
and
claim to have a revolutionary new model for evolution.
Open Letter on Retraction and Pledge to Boycott Elsevier (2013)
Reference
Critical Reviews
Editorials
The Proactionary Transhumanist: Anti-GMOers, comic book characters, and the Seralini study
Discussions
GMO Skepti-Forum discussion of the ISIS boycott on Facebook
Other useful information
See:
Gilles-Eric Seralini
Cauliflower Mosaic Viral promoter - a recipe for disaster? (2001)
Reference
Non-technical release of //Cauliflower Mosaic Viral promoter - a recipe for disaster?// (2001)
Critical Reviews
Editorials
AgBioWorld: Response to ISIS from JIC; scare tactics cloud benefits
European Food Safety Authority: FAQ on inserted fragment of viral gene in GM plants
Farming UK: No safety implications of GM viral gene says professor
Forbes: Can a rose catch your cold?
Forbes: Why GMO food opponents shouldn't freak out about cauliflower virus DNA
Genetic Literacy Project: Anti-GM activists pounce on viral DNA in transgenic plants
Myles Power: The hidden hazards of genetic engineering? Ho ho ho
Nature: Scientists avert new GMO crisis
Scholarly works
Assessment of CaMV-mediated gene silencing and integration of CaMV into GM plants with a 35S RNA promoter (2007)
Comparison of hCMV immediate early and CaMV 35S promoters in both plant and human cells (2003)
(Abstract only)
The incidence of three virus diseases of winter oilseed rape in England and Wales in the 1991/92 and 1992/93 growing seasons (1994)
(Abstract only)
Discussions
GMO Skepti-Forum discussion of cauliflower mosaic virus and human health on Facebook
Open letter from world scientists to all governments concerning genetically modified organisms (GMOs) (1999) (The 800+ scientists letter)
Reference
Critical Reviews
Editorials
GMO Answers: Are these scientists all wrong, there are over 800 scientists who all believe GMOs are a bad idea?
Knigel Holmes: ISIS petition
Roger Morton (CSIRO): A breakdown of “scientist” credentials on the ISIS list circa 2001
. Accessed via
AgBioWorld.
Discussions
GMO Skepti-Forum on Facebook: Debunk of the ISIS 800+ scientists against GMOs petition