'Europe is already late to the party' when it comes to recognizing economic and strategic importance of agricultural biotech. Here’s an urgent argument for change

‘Europe is already late to the party’ when it comes to recognizing economic and strategic importance of agricultural biotech. Here’s an urgent argument for change

Natasha Lomas | Tech Crunch | 
European Union lawmakers are being urged to avoid too much risk aversion from holding back the potential of the homegrown biotech ...
Energy costs might be only real barrier to replacing farm animals and producing nutritious meals in a lab

Energy costs might be only real barrier to replacing farm animals and producing nutritious meals in a lab

Natasha Lomas | Tech Crunch | 
The industrial biotech startup is working on bringing a novel protein to market — one it says will offer a ...
Could lab-grown plants offset agriculture’s environmental footprint?

Could lab-grown plants offset agriculture’s environmental footprint?

Darrell Etherington | Tech Crunch | 
Researchers at MIT have developed a new method for growing plant tissues in a lab — sort of like how ...
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GMO Impossible beef hits 1,000 new grocery stores as plant-based meat demand surges

Jonathan Shieber | Tech Crunch | 
Starting [April 17], 777 supermarkets in California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Nevada [began] stocking the Impossible Foods plant-based meat substitute ...
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These 12 guidelines could protect us from threats from artificial intelligence

Zack Whittaker | Tech Crunch | 
After months of work, a set of guidelines designed to protect humanity from a range of threats posed by artificial ...
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Creating a safer CRISPR by targeting RNA instead of DNA

Jonathan Shieber | Tech Crunch | 
Researchers at the prestigious Salk Institute are reporting that they have managed to map the molecular structure of a CRISPR enzyme that could ...
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Boosting speed, efficiency of MRI scans with machine learning

Devin Coldewey | Tech Crunch | 
Magnetic resonance imaging is an invaluable tool in the medical field, but it’s also a slow and cumbersome process. It ...
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Synthego’s pre-edited genetic material makes CRISPR research faster and easier

Jonathan Shieber | Tech Crunch | 
Synthego, a provider of gene editing services for genomics research and experimentation, has launched a new suite of products that ...
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Video: Watch CRISPR’s cutting skills in action

Devin Coldewey | Tech Crunch | 
The CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique is an important concept to know about in these days of biotech advances, but it can be pretty ...
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Whole genome sequencing fuels DNA ‘intelligence revolution’

Gaurav Garg, Mahni Ghorashi | Tech Crunch | 
We’ve entered a new phase in the history of whole genome sequencing (WGS). Consider that researchers at University of Toronto ...
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CRISPR’s promise: Balancing the benefits and risks of human gene editing

Sarah Buhr | Tech Crunch | 
[W]hat if I told you [that a genetic mutation for cancer], passed down from generation to generation, can be snipped ...
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Is biotechnology changing how humans evolve?

Jamie Metzl | Tech Crunch | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After 4 billion years of ...

High tech agriculture and Big Data could yield farm bonanza

Robyn Metcalfe | Tech Crunch | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  In the second millennium, ...
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Do memes mutate and adapt like DNA? Yes, say Facebook data scientists

Josh Constine | Tech Crunch | 
According to new research from Facebook data scientists, internet memes adapt to their surroundings in order to survive, just like ...
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