Coming era of cattle farming: Genetically engineered dairy cow produces human insulin in milk

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 ...
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Viewpoint: Europe’s trade and agricultural biotech policy is held hostage by environmental activists, hurting farmers and consumers

Alan Beattie | 
Recently, two more shiny new regulatory appliances started to roll off the EU’s legislative assembly line: a due diligence law ...
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Viewpoint: Food Network experts blast organic-funded ‘Dirty Dozen’ list for misleading consumers about trace pesticides on crops

Dana Angelo White, Toby Amidor | 
Every year the Environmental Working Group (EWG) releases its list of the Dirty Dozen, a group of 12 fruits and vegetables ...
Belgium Public Health Council endorses safety and efficacy of gene edited crops, urges EU approval

Belgium Public Health Council endorses safety and efficacy of gene edited crops, urges EU approval

A European legislative proposal is being studied to authorize the cultivation of NGT plants. These are plants created by the targeted ...
'Over a million seeds are safely locked away here’: Remote Norwegian island keeps Earth’s plant diversity safe in case of disaster

‘Over a million seeds are safely locked away here’: Remote Norwegian island keeps Earth’s plant diversity safe in case of disaster

“Over a million seeds are safely locked away here,” Ola Westengen says. He is a researcher and former head of ...
Viewpoint: Will European farmer protests drag the EU into the 21st century on biotechnology and AI in agriculture?

Viewpoint: Will European farmer protests drag the EU into the 21st century on biotechnology and AI in agriculture?

Deborah Garcia | 
Among all the demands that European farmers are making (claims of an economic nature, which have to do with imports, ...
Viewpoint: ‘Flashy junk science tort lawyer ads’ that claim glyphosate causes cancer warp public’s view about weedkiller dangers

Viewpoint: ‘Flashy junk science tort lawyer ads’ that claim glyphosate causes cancer warp public’s view about weedkiller dangers

David Williams | 
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates the nation’s tort system cost the U.S. economy $443 billion in 2020, a sum equivalent ...
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Here are the states trying to ban cell-based meat, and why

Lee Hedgepeth, Wyatt Myskow | 
Months in jail and thousands of dollars in fines and legal fees—those are the consequences Alabamians and Arizonans could soon ...
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How CRISPR gene drives could help eliminate pesticide-resistant ‘superweeds’

Michael Le Page | 
A gene drive – a bit of DNA that cheats evolution and can spread even if harmful – has been ...
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Study: What does ‘ultra-processed’ food do to our brains and capacity to learn?

Andrea Petersen | 
Ultra-processed foods may not only affect our bodies, but our brains too. New research suggests links between ultra-processed foods—such as chips, many ...
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Organic production in France slides as focus shifts to climate change and organic yield lag

Gil Rivière Wekstein | 
The 21st Agence Bio barometer sheds new light on the causes of France's disenchantment with organic products ...
Methane is 28 times more powerful than CO2, and it's increasing in the atmosphere. Here's why and what must be done

Methane is 28 times more powerful than CO2, and it’s increasing in the atmosphere. Here’s why and what must be done

Øyvind Aukrust | 
The greenhouse gas methane is 28 times more powerful than CO2, and its presence is increasing in the atmosphere ...
Green activist setbacks — Internal divisions and zero-compromise approach to biotechnology highlights recent campaign failures by European environmental activists

Green activist setbacks — Internal divisions and zero-compromise approach to biotechnology highlights recent campaign failures by European environmental activists

Nasiru Eneji Abdulrasheed | 
2023 marked a tumultuous year for European environmental activists, witnessing significant setbacks in their long-standing campaigns against pesticides and genetically ...
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Viewpoint: South Africa lags much of world in regulating gene-edited seeds as GMOs

Lukeshni Chetty | 
Automatically regulating all gene-editing products as GMOs as opposed to the product-by-product approach adopted by most other countries is going ...
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Viewpoint: Despite a sea of environmental activist disinformation, GMO plants have more than lived up to the hype

Chelsea Gohd | 
There is a great deal of misinformation out there regarding genetically modified organisms (GMOs). From monikers like "Frankenfoods" to general skepticism, there has ...
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In its quest for food security, China scales up GMO and gene edited crop approvals

Aqsa Younas Rana | 
In a significant leap towards self-reliance in food security, China celebrates the success of a three-year trial planting homegrown genetically ...
Viewpoint: Why the European Union Commission’s proposal to limit patents on gene-edited crops would rewrite global intellectual property rights

Viewpoint: Why the European Union Commission’s proposal to limit patents on gene-edited crops would rewrite global intellectual property rights

Ute Kilger | 
On February 7, 2024, the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) adopted, by way of plenary vote, a position supporting ...
Viewpoint: The Europe’s anti-pesticide fearmongering continues to cripple African food security hopes

Viewpoint: The Europe’s anti-pesticide fearmongering continues to cripple African food security hopes

Jenny Luesby | 
As farmers protest across Europe, blockading cities, smashing through police barricades, and dumping manure, European politicians are falling over themselves ...
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Insect Allies: Why the Pentagon’s plan to transmit plant viruses with gene edited insects to increase climate resilience is stirring such controversy

Justice Nwafor | 
Recent investigations have illuminated controversial projects by the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), specifically the "Insect Allies" program, ...
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New Zealand considers deregulating crop gene editing, but public resistance and limited understanding of CRISPR limits acceptance

Katie Henderson | 
The potential use of genetic technologies in New Zealand’s agriculture has been a political hot potato for 25 years. But ...
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Switzerland green lights field tests on CRISPR yield-enhanced barley

Agroscope has been granted approval by the Federal Office for the Environment for a field trial with spring barley. The ...
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Food security challenged Pakistan reevaluating benefits of currently-banned GMO crops

Nida Jaffri | 
For the last two decades, Pakistan has faced several challenges, such as drought, salinity, temperature, climate change, and an increasing ...
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Viewpoint: ‘There are still some people out there screaming about gene edited crops, but that opposition is getting weaker’

Robert Arnason | 
The amount of money and human resources directed at gene edited crops is staggering, says Kevin Folta, a University of ...
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Viewpoint — Part V: ‘Ignominious’, fabricated attacks on GM crops jeopardize Africa’s food security and seed sovereignty

For two years, groups of farmers have been testing the PBR [pod borer resistant]-cowpea; they are thrilled with the product ...
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‘Texas Two-Step’ — Bayer weighs new Roundup suit strategy as costs of cancer litigation mount

Crystal Tse, Jef Feeley, Tim Loh | 
Bayer AG is weighing whether to use a controversial legal maneuver known as the Texas Two-Step bankruptcy to try to resolve ...
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Scammy food allergy test? Why the most prominent US allergy association recommends against relying on popular IgG serological panels

A test that claims to be able to diagnose food sensitivities and is commonly available is the food IgG test.  ...
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