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Epigenetics opens new pathway to producing climate-resilient crops

Ralph Pearce | 
Genetic manipulations such as RNAi silencing and CRISPR are helping researchers and plant breeders enhance traits and characteristics ...
Cell-based protein for your pup? Cultivated meat companies see large potential market in pet food

Cell-based protein for your pup? Cultivated meat companies see large potential market in pet food

Michelle Perrett | 
The pet food market is becoming a target for cultivated meat; a small number of lab meat producers are targeting ...
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Viewpoint: Non-GMO seed company mistakenly listed a seed in its catalogue that had a similar name to a genetically-modified tomato — prompting a bizarre tirade against “Big Ag”

Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company had an intriguing offer in its 2024 catalog: a tomato seed it called Purple Galaxy ...
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Want to sell cell-based meat in Tennessee? You’ll face a million-dollar fine in yet another chapter in the ‘long-running fight over the future of protein’

Kenny Torrella | 
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared his support for banning a food product that barely exists — cell-cultivated or “lab-grown” meat — ...
Gene-edited bacon could be on your breakfast menu as early as next year

Gene-edited bacon could be on your breakfast menu as early as next year

Sarah Kuta | 
A company in the United Kingdom is editing the genes of pigs used for commercial pork production to make them ...
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Goodbye to gene-edited mustard salad: Pairwise discontinues sales of first US-approved CRISPR food — refocuses efforts on higher value products

Elizabeth Crawford | 
Last fall, when Pairwise launched Conscious Greens​ in select markets, it was the first food in the US developed with CRISPR ...
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Rwandan scientists are deploying genetic modification to rescue its disease-endangered banana crop

Zablon Oyugi | 
Scientists in Rwanda have made a major breakthrough in fight against banana Panama Diseases through agricultural biotechnology by coming up ...
Gene drive CRISPR insects may be only viable tool to fight back against cattle fly that lays eggs on living cows, causing ‘unbelievably agonizing’ sores

Gene drive CRISPR insects may be only viable tool to fight back against cattle fly that lays eggs on living cows, causing ‘unbelievably agonizing’ sores

Kristin Houser | 
Uruguay is developing a CRISPR gene drive to eradicate the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that kills cattle in ...
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From a year down to two weeks: Chinese scientists create efficient plant gene editing tool that leapfrogs over ‘tedious’ steps

Dannie Peng | 
“Even primary school students and old farmers can master gene editing,” says Southern University of Science and Technology, or SUSTech ...
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Hyper-palatable food: Scientist who published the seminal study showing the dangers of all ultra-processed food backs away from his theory

Nina Kristiansen | 
In 2019, Kevin Hall conducted a study that has been cited by researchers all over the world. It is mentioned ...
Rwanda faces a ‘honey crisis’: Here’s how genetically-modified pest-resistant potatoes could help reduce pesticide use and boost bee populations

Rwanda faces a ‘honey crisis’: Here’s how genetically-modified pest-resistant potatoes could help reduce pesticide use and boost bee populations

Michel Nkurunziza | 
If adopted in Rwanda, genetically modified crops such as irish potatoes that no longer require use of pesticides in treating ...
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Five reasons why the anti-biotech movement is in retreat

Mark Lynas | 
The pro-science community has recently chalked up several important wins in Europe. First, on January 24, the powerful environment committee ...
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Viewpoint: Anti-biotech farmers and green politicians decry EU relaxation of genetic engineering rules — ‘Specter of patentable supercrops from corporate giants looms over Europe’

Bartosz Brzeziński, Paula Andrés | 
The specter of patentable supercrops is looming over Europe's agricultural landscape, raising concerns about a handful of corporate giants dominating ...
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How do people uniquely respond to different diets? 500 Americans will be living at scientific facilities for six weeks to find out

Andrea Petersen | 
Kevin Elizabeth, a 28-year-old tech worker, is one of 500 Americans who will be living at scientific facilities around the ...
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Viewpoint: ‘Pumping toxic chemicals onto breakfast tables’ — Nigerian activists claim GMOs are part of Western effort to depopulate African continent

Oyenike Oyeniyi | 
Agriculture stakeholders have warned against the dangers of proliferation of Genetically Modified (GMO) crops in the country ...
Insect-based food is climate-friendly and packed with protein — but consumer resistance remains strong

Insect-based food is climate-friendly and packed with protein — but consumer resistance remains strong

Augustus Bambridge-Sutton | 
Insect proteins have many advantages, from an environmental perspective, over cattle. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF)​, insect farming requires ...
Case study: How foreign-activist-imposed ‘organic obsession’ undermined Sri Lanka’s food security in less than one year

Case study: How foreign-activist-imposed ‘organic obsession’ undermined Sri Lanka’s food security in less than one year

The recent scenario of the food security collapse in Sri Lanka provides a poignant reminder of the importance of this ...
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Disease-free pigs: CRISPR gene-edited animals in development resist virus that has decimated pork farms for decades

Uduak Thomas | 
CRISPR-based genome editing has already been successfully applied to sickle cell disease and additional companies are working on developing their ...
Supermarkets vs farmer’s markets: Which is more climate friendly?

Supermarkets vs farmer’s markets: Which is more climate friendly?

Mark Harris | 
Urban farmers markets epitomize an environmentally-conscious lifestyle—home-grown vegetables, paper bags, the occasional beetle in your organic raspberries. Surely nothing could be ...
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Video: Devastating Witches’ Broom disease is wiping out cassava crops across South Asia. Here’s how CRISPR nanotechnology could help contain the spread

Elizabeth Ramirez | 
In Southeast Asia, most smallholder farmers rely on cassava: its starch-rich roots form the basis of an industry that supports ...
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Viewpoint: Why is Bayer paying billions of dollars in negligence lawsuits over Roundup weedkiller when consensus science shows no links to cancer and the EPA does not require warning labels?

Jacob Traverse | 
In total, Bayer has paid more than $10 billion in settlements to those claiming that Roundup causes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. There’s just one ...
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Viewpoint: Feeding your child 2,000 nectarines or 340 apples in one day? Environmental Working Group claims about the dangers of conventionally-grown produce are scientifically absurd

David Lightsey | 
The advocacy organization American Council on Science and Health, or ACSH has written extensively about the safety of conventionally grown ...
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Preservatives and probiotics: Do additives in meat and cheese harm gut bacteria?

Donna Eastlake | 
Nisin, a lantibiotic, is a preservative used in the production of foods including packaged meat such as sausages and dairy ...
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Combining cutting-edge and low-tech innovation: Tanzania leverages AI to speed up development of climate-proof bean varieties

Georgina Smith | 
[At Tanzania Agriculture Research Institute,] TARI partner the Alliance of Bioversity International and [International Center for Tropical Agriculture] CIAT’s trial ...
Viewpoint: African nations leverage gene editing to break Europe’s anti-technology stranglehold on food production across the continent

Viewpoint: African nations leverage gene editing to break Europe’s anti-technology stranglehold on food production across the continent

Javier Sampedro | 
On the African continent, a dozen genetic-editing projects are being put at the forefront of agriculture. However, for the past 20 ...
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Genetic diversity squeeze: Camembert is on the verge of extinction. Here’s what can be done to rescue ‘endangered cheeses’

Benji Jones | 
Each hunk of Camembert or smear of brie is an ecosystem, an assortment of fungi and bacteria that turn milk ...
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