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Nature Biotechnology 27, 214 (1 March 2009) | doi:10.1038/nbt0309-214a

Vatican cheers GM

Anna Meldolesi

A closed door meeting to be held at the Vatican in Rome in May will see leading scientists gathering to discuss a campaign backing agricultural biotech. The study week has been organized by Ingo Potrykus, co-inventor of the fortified Golden Rice technology and president of the Golden Rice Humanitarian Board, on behalf of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.