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Nature 389, 103 (11 September 1997) | doi:10.1038/38052
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Referendum's challenge to transgenic research
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The Swiss have embarked on a national debate about the use of transgenic animals, threatening devastation of biological science and industry in their country. Are they a barometer of wider public antipathy?
Like remote shopping, direct digital democracy has long been heralded as a natural consequence of the information revolution. If that is the case, a forthcoming referendum in Switzerland highlights the potential challenge to science.
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