New Breeding Techniques (NBTs)
CRISPR-edited wheat could cut China’s toxic weed killer use
Chinese farmers are facing worsening problems with jointed goatgrass (Aegilops tauschii) – a close relative to wheat – growing in ...
Biotech firms rush to enter CRISPR crop market to meet global food demand
Agriculture technology (“agtech”) companies of all sizes are vying to enter commercial food markets. [In March] when news broke about ...
CRISPR-edited ‘super plants’ might be our best chance to slow climate change
If this were a film about humanity’s last hope before climate change wiped us out, Hollywood would be accused of ...
Viewpoint: Ghana’s anti-GMO groups urged to embrace gene editing technology
Scientists are urging Ghana’s anti-GMO groups to embrace gene editing technology to help ensure a more effective and productive agricultural ...
Domestication ‘reboot’: CRISPR gene editing turns wild plants into desirable fruits and vegetables
Early in the 20th century, a strange tomato plant took root in the northeastern United States. Because of a random ...
Deciphering US plans for regulating biotech animal breeding
An overview of the regulation of biotech breeding as it relates to animals, covering some open and unsettled issues. ...
Belgium permits CRISPR-edited corn field trial, halted after landmark EU court decision, to continue
On April 12, 2019 [the Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie in Belgium] was granted a permit for its field trial with ...
Why scientific arguments won’t end Europe’s opposition to CRISPR-edited crops
John van der Oost....is a microbiologist at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. His research in the late 1990s contributed to ...
CRISPR gene editing yields world’s smallest tomatoes to feed astronauts
Scientists at the National University of Colombia have bred the smallest tomato in the world using DNA from a cherry ...
Viewpoint: Europe’s overregulation of CRISPR-edited crops ‘cripples’ Africa’s food security efforts
Current GMO regulation is crippling advancements in sustainable development and food security, according to agricultural economist Matin Qaim, who told ...
Viewpoint: FDA plan to regulate gene-edited animals as drugs will thwart US food innovation
In the absence of sensible regulation of the breathtaking genetic variation that exists naturally in our food species, innovation will ...
Video: CRISPR-edited crops could see mainstream success in 2019
[Food producers have] been lauding the benefits of CRISPR for a couple of years, and how different it is from ...
FDA announces controversial ‘risk-based’ rules for CRISPR-edited animal technology
Novel biotechnology, like genome editing, holds tremendous potential to improve animal health, enhance farm productivity, improve nutrition, and even reduce ...
Biotech firms Amfora, Corteva strike deal to produce CRISPR-edited crops to meet surging protein demand
Amfora, a biotechnology company, announced it has reached a non-exclusive research and commercial license agreement with Corteva Agriscience, the agriculture ...
International group of economists, geneticists calls for relaxed crop gene-editing rules to promote food security
With renewed attention to implementation and regulation, new plant breeding technologies such as gene editing could make an important contribution ...
EU health commissioner calls for updated CRISPR-edited crop rules
The ‘new plant breeding techniques’ need new EU legislation that takes into account the latest advanced technologies, EU Health Commissioner ...
Viewpoint: USDA should take over animal gene-editing regulation from FDA to boost food innovation
With critical export markets still restricted by trade disputes and mounting concerns about animal disease risk....[p]roper regulatory oversight for an ...
Viewpoint: It’s time Europe updates its 18-year-old GMO rules to regulate CRISPR-edited crops
‘In lectures, I often try to clarify things by using the tomato as an example,’ says Ernst van den Ende, ...
Consumer-focused CRISPR-edited crops may be key to building public trust in biotech
Gene editing has the potential to change agriculture, but only if consumers believe it’s a beneficial technology....The best way and ...
Japan’s plan to deregulate CRISPR-edited crops may trigger backlash from consumers still wary of GMOs
Japan will allow gene-edited foodstuffs to be sold to consumers without safety evaluations as long as the techniques involved meet ...
Viewpoint: FDA plan to regulate CRISPR-edited animals as drugs will keep innovative products off the market
[T]he U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed mandatory premarket new animal drug regulatory evaluation for all food animals ...
Podcast: USDA official examines future of GMO labeling, CRISPR gene-editing regulations in US
[USDA Under Secretary for marketing and regulatory programs Greg] Ibach discusses some of [the] issues he’s been dealing with in ...
Japan finalizes CRISPR-edited crop rules, suggesting gene-edited foods could hit stores in 2019
An expert panel of the health ministry finalized a report on creating rules for genome-edited agricultural and marine products on ...
Greenlighting of AquAdvantage salmon could ‘pave the way’ to disease resistant pigs and other GMO animals
[In March 2019], the Food and Drug Administration cleared the last hurdle for the genetically engineered "AquaAdvantage" salmon—the first (and ...
Farm groups push USDA oversight of gene-edited animals, potentially sparking new regulatory battle with FDA
Livestock groups are aggressively pushing for regulation of the budding sector of gene-edited animals to be moved from FDA to ...
Using genetic engineering to turn annual crops into perennials could bolster global food production
One of the ways we could increase yields--and improve sustainability--would be to convert key grain crops into perennials, allowing them ...
Viewpoint: To fix the FDA, we need these qualities—including a commitment to regulatory reform — in its new leader
With the just-announced resignation of FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the White House and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex ...
US researchers moving abroad to avoid FDA’s CRISPR-edited animal regulations
Alison Van Eenennaam offers a critical look at stifling US animal gene-editing rules ...
