International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)
Coming era of cattle farming: Genetically engineered dairy cow produces human insulin in milk
Scientists generated a transgenic cow that produces milk with human insulin. Their research may help patients with diabetes ...
Here are 5 new biotech ag products that consumers might fall in love with
After almost three decades of providing solutions to farmers’ concerns, biotech experts are now releasing and developing a new set ...
Study: Gene editing in medicine is more favorably viewed than in agriculture
A study published in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology explored U.S. public opinion on gene editing in agricultural and medical fields. ...
Study: Scientists should use social media to fight advocacy group disinformation about modern agricultural biotechnology
Stakeholders need to be enlightened more about genes and viruses as these are the most misunderstood aspects that might have ...
US adoption of GMO commodity crops inches towards 100%
The Economic Research Service (ERS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released an update on the recent trends in ...
Another GMO approval: Philippines approves commercial growing of Bt insect resistant cotton
The Philippine Bureau of Plant Industry issued a Biosafety Permit for the Commercial Propagation of Bt cotton (GFM cry1A) developed by the Philippine ...
Making waves in aquaculture: Norway approves plant-based omega-3 oil that replaces fish with biotech canola
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) granted approval for Aquaterra® Omega-3 oil for use in fish feed applications according to ...
30% more meat: Switching off just one gene with CRISPR produces animals with larger muscles
Switching off a gene in animals using a technology called CRISPR can make them produce more muscles, leading to meatier ...
Targeting the food insecure: Fake news about GMOs spreads misinformation to hundreds of millions of people
To quantify the extent of misinformation about GMOs, a study was conducted by the Alliance for Science at the Boyce ...
Australia approves trial run of high-yield herbicide-resistant GM canola and mustard seeds
Australia's Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) has issued license DIR 188 to Nuseed Pty Ltd., for the limited ...
What could go wrong? Analyzing the merits and consequences of gene drives
ISAAA Inc., in partnership with the Outreach Network for Gene Drive Research, launched a policy brief that tackles the importance ...
Confused about difference between genetic engineering and gene editing? Your questions answered
The modern techniques for crop improvement are generally referred to as genetic modification or genetic engineering. Through this technology, a ...
Kenya joins Nigeria in Africa in approving guidelines for CRISPR and other gene editing techniques
Kenya's National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has published Genome Editing Guidelines, marking an important step towards the development of a genome editing regulatory ...
What’s the future of gene edited fish?
CRISPR-Cas9 is a popular and accessible gene editing tool. In aquaculture, it has been used to develop several fishes with ...
What do crop gene editing regulations look like across the globe?
To determine the global regulatory landscape, [an article by the Norwegian University of Life Sciences] focused on the regulations of ...
Infographics: Biotech crops have benefited more than 65 million people around the world. Here are some of the benefits
Since 1996, the global area planted to biotech crops has consistently increased, with significant expansion recorded in developing countries. In ...
Bird flu is a major threat to chicken farming and human health. A gene-editing solution developed by African scientists is in the works
Dr. [Alewo Idoko-Akoh], a research fellow at the University of Edinburgh, is working on a project that uses genome editing ...
Revamped regulations could accelerate Kenya’s GM, insect-resistant, Bt cotton approval
Radical reforms in Kenya's agricultural sector are set to inject fresh impetus to Bt cotton farming in the country, should ...
Central Uganda’s new leadership pledges support for GM crops: ‘We have a cardinal role to ensure food security’
Newly elected leaders from Wakiso district in central Uganda pledged support for genetically modified (GM) crops during a sensitization workshop ...
Infographic: Here’s where GM crops are grown around the world today
Do you know where biotech crops are grown in the world? This updated ISAAA infographics show where biotech crops were ...
‘Space farming’: Bacteria discovered on International Space Station could aid plant growth on Mars
A team led by scientists at the University of Southern California characterized four strains of bacteria isolated from the International ...
Insect-resistant Bt rice nutritionally equivalent to its non-GMO counterpart, study finds
Researchers from the Republic of Korea documented that Bt rice is compositionally equivalent to its non-Bt counterpart by using four ...
China’s ‘five-year plan’ for farming productivity emphasizes importance of biotech crops
[China’s 13th] Five-Year Plan, which ended in 2020, was focused on eradicating extreme poverty in the country. With the new ...
Infographic: What are TALENs? Another important gene-editing tool to boost sustainable farming
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GMOs in the Philippines: Field trials confirm Bt eggplant highly resistant to pest attack
[Eggplant fruit and shoot borers are] responsible for the yield loss of up to 80% of eggplant farming in the ...
Developing countries grow more GM crops than their industrial counterparts
Developing countries continued to plant more biotech crops in 2019, according to the ISAAA report on the Global Status of Commercialized ...
No access to GM, insect-resistant eggplant costs the Philippines $634 million annually
[Philippine eggplant crops suffer] tremendous damage from the eggplant fruit and shoot borer (EFSB), its major pest. The Bt eggplant ...
GM Golden Rice could provide 30% to 50% of daily vitamin A needed to combat deadly nutrient deficiency, study shows
A team of scientists from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), and Bangladesh Rice Research ...
