Mae-Wan Ho

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Mae-Wan Ho (born November 12, 1941 - March 24, 2016 ) was a biologist and activist from Hong Kong . Ho is the director of the Institute of Science in Society (I-SIS), which she co-founded.

Life

Ho has a bachelor's degree in biology and chemistry (1964) and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry (1968) from Hong Kong University .

After completing her doctorate, Ho did research in the USA (USC and UCSD) for several years before joining the University of London in 1972. From 1976 to 2000 she was a lecturer and reader at the Open University .

Since the 1990s, Ho made a name for herself as an anti-genetic engineering activist. I-SIS is with publications in the fields of Global Warming , Green Genetic Engineering , Homeopathy , Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Water Memory . Ho rejects the synthetic theory of evolution . For some of their views, Ho and I-SIS have been criticized by other scholars.

Ho has been an advisor to the Cartagena Protocol since 2001 .

Publications (selection)

  • . Mae Wan Ho Living Rainbow H 2 O, Singapore; River Edge, NJ: World Scientific, 2012. ISBN 978-981-4390-89-7 .
  • Mae-Wan Ho. The Rainbow and the Worm, the Physics of Organisms, Singapore; River Edge, NJ: World Scientific, 1998. ISBN 981-02-4813-X .
  • Mae-Wan Ho. Genetic engineering: dream or nightmare? Turning the tide on the brave new world of bad science and big business, New York, NY: Continuum, 2000. ISBN 0-8264-1257-2 .
  • Mae-Wan Ho. Living with the fluid genome, London, UK: Institute of Science in Society; Penang, Malaysia: Third World Network, 2003. ISBN 0-9544923-0-7 .
  • Mae-Wan Ho, Sam Burcher, Rhea Gala and Vejko Velkovic. Unraveling AIDS: the independent science and promising alternative therapies, Ridgefield, CT: Vital Health Pub., 2005. ISBN 1-890612-47-2 .
  • Mae-Wan Ho, Peter Saunders. Beyond Neo-Darwinism: An Introduction to the New Evolutionary Paradigm, London: Academic Press, 1984. ISBN 978-0-12-350080-9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In Memory of Dr. Mae-Wan Ho . In: Ban GMOs Now . May 20, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  2. ↑ Mae-Wan Ho and Suzan Mazur: the blind leading the blind about evolution . Why Evolution is true, April 12, 2015.
  3. ^ Institute of Science in Society: beware! . DC's Improbable Science, July 19, 2006.
  4. ↑ Scientists avert new CMO crisis . Nature Biotechnology, 2000.
  5. ^ Questionable Organizations: An Overview , Quackwatch.
personal data
SURNAME Ho, Mae-Wan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese biologist and activist
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1941
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 2016