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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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CRISPR gene editing applications are expanding dramatically in agriculture. Here are the latest advances

Clement Dionglay | 
In the past decade, after the release of CRISPR-Cas9 as a genome-editing tool, it has revolutionized biological research. CRISPR and ...
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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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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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GLP podcast: Oops — heirloom seed company markets GM tomato; Anti-biotech movement in retreat; Bill Gates does more harm than good?

Cameron English, Liza Dunn | 
An heirloom seed company that prides itself on selling GMO-free products mistakenly put a genetically engineered tomato on the cover ...
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Bangladesh greenlights gene editing to ‘meet the needs of farmers and consumers’

The Agriculture & Food Systems Institute (AFSI), under the auspices of the South Asia Biosafety Program (SABP) and in collaboration ...
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Here are 5 new biotech ag products that consumers might fall in love with

Kristine Tome | 
After almost three decades of providing solutions to farmers’ concerns, biotech experts are now releasing and developing a new set ...
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Costa Rica revises its biotechnology regulations, dropping restrictions on gene editing and other New Breeding Techniques

USDA | 
Industry experts say a November 11, 2023, update to the Costa Rican biotechnology regulatory framework facilitates utilization of innovative biotechnologies ...
What role can gene editing play in neutralizing the global devastation caused by papaya viruses?

What role can gene editing play in neutralizing the global devastation caused by papaya viruses?

Saboor Bayat | 
Amidst a backdrop of devastating viral attacks on papaya crops worldwide, scientific innovation emerges as a beacon of hope. Gene ...
‘This is one of the worst droughts of my lifetime’: Renewed push for insect-resistant GMO corn to ward off insect-invasions

‘This is one of the worst droughts of my lifetime’: Renewed push for insect-resistant GMO corn to ward off insect-invasions

Watipaso Mzungu | 
“This is one of the worst droughts I have ever seen in my life. I don’t know what to do,” ...
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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.  ...
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False dawn or new dawn for genetically engineered crops in the European Union?

Steven Cerier | 
It's going to be a long and difficult journey before the fate of the European crop biotechnology reform bill passed ...
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How gene editing could rescue virus-devastated global papaya crop

Luiza Favarato | 
Plant viruses are formidable adversaries when it comes to producing high yielding crops, causing significant harm to global agriculture, and ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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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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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 ...
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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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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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Australia is first country to approve genetically engineered banana, modified to resist disease

Jacinta Bowler | 
Queensland researchers have just received news over 20 years in the making – their genetically modified banana species called QCAV-4 has ...
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Viewpoint: ‘Science is evolving, and times have changed’ — Foodie France slowly opening doors to ecology-promoting gene-edited crops

Geraldine Woessner | 
Science is evolving, and times have changed. “Life is constantly mutating. Every year there are 240 million mutations in a ...
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