Ag Gene Editing
Sustainable ‘superfish’: AquaBounty’s genetically engineered salmon poised to counter overfishing
At current rates, according to a 2006 article in the journal Science, the world will run out of all wild-caught fish ...
Will the noxious public debate over GMOs turn consumers against gene-edited crops?
Americans are easily riled about genetically modifying crops, animals and foods, even though research indicates they know little about how ...
Gene editing could help brassica crops adapt to climate change
A harmful effect of climate change that poses a major threat to food crops around the world could be overcome ...
Why a global decline in genetic crop variety matters for the future of food
Preserving the genetic diversity of edible plants could help us develop new crop varieties, with useful traits such as drought ...
Deceptive article on how to identify ‘poisonous GMO tomatoes’ circulating the internet again
Alison Campbell, writing on BioBlog, has been alerted to–and challenged–an article purporting to tell consumers how to distinguish between GM and “regular” ...
Recombinetics joins battle over whether USDA or FDA should oversee gene-edited animal regulations
Editor's note: Tammy Lee Stanoch is the president & CEO of Recombinetics, an animal gene-editing company based in St. Paul, Minnesota ...
How should the FDA regulate CRISPR gene-edited animals?
Gene editing is touted as a promising new way of altering the DNA of plants or animals to speed their ...
GMO labeling emerges as hot-button issue in organic and conventional food industry fights
Editor's note: This article is part three of a three-part series by Marc Brazeau on his 2018 predictions on food, ...
Chocolate producers look to CRISPR gene editing to help cacao trees adapt to climate change
With the help of a suite of genetic engineering tools including CRISPR — and money from Mars Inc., one of the world’s ...
CRISPR gene editing could boost crop yields and nutrition, but public acceptance remains wild card
The process of producing better food, protecting the environment and improving animal health is advancing at a seemingly breakneck pace ...
Viewpoint: Netflix’s ‘Okja’ perpetuates stereotypes about food, farming and scientists
The popular Netflix movie is a disservice to important agricultural research aimed at producing more food with fewer resources, writes ...
Europe should embrace new breeding techniques to make farming more sustainable, says EU agriculture committee chair
The vice-chair of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee has argued that Europe should embrace innovative biotechnologies to boost food production ...
Stem cell breakthrough could improve cow health, milk production and more
After decades of effort, scientists have finally managed to derive embryonic stem (ES) cells from cows and keep them in ...
Advances in crop microbiome research could revolutionize agriculture
Editor's note: Davide Bulgarelli is a principal investigator at the University of Dundee in the UK. His research aims at understanding the ...
International organic farming group IFOAM declares opposition to CRISPR gene-edited crops
IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements) has published a position paper on the new genetic engineering techniques. The aim is provide ...
Rwandan scientists debate potential pros and cons of allowing farmers to grow GMO crops
[G]enetically modified organisms (GMOs), which scientists argue are primed to revolutionise agriculture and livestock, have attracted criticism and skepticism from ...
Ugandan farmers now wonder if they will ever get access to GMO crops
Disease-resistant bananas, drought-resistant corn and other GMO crops developed by Ugandan scientists could help farmers increase yields, reduce pesticide use ...
Will South American powerhouses Brazil and Argentina regulate new breeding techniques (NBTs) as GMOs?
New breeding techniques, or “NBTs” as they have come to be known, are a set of innovative tools that can ...
Animal breeders are blocked worldwide from using genetic engineering. Here’s why.
Stringent regulations have made it almost impossible for GE animals to be approved for sale in the US. It took ...
How gene-edited crops could spell the end of the infamous term ‘GMO’
Political and social controversies, as well as complications of plant breeding, intellectual property, and regulation, have compromised the promised impact ...
Brazil’s higher-protein GMO soybeans hurting US exports to China
U.S. soybean growers are losing market share in the all-important China market because the race to grow higher-yielding crops has ...
Why Huskies have blue eyes—and why it might matter for understanding human diseases
[A] new study may help salvage the [direct-to-consumer genomics] field by turning to a previously untapped pool of subjects: dogs ...
CRISPR gene-edited food in Europe? Questions remain on crop breeding regulations
The European Court of Justice recommended new techniques be exempt from GMO regulations, but left key questions unanswered, writes Gregory ...
Growth in urban beekeeping hurting wild bees
The rise in amateur beekeepers keeping hives on roofs and gardens is contributing to the decline of wild bees, Cambridge ...
Targeting invasive pests with genetically tailored poison in New Zealand
Recently, New Zealand has been at the center of a heated debate over whether it is either feasible or ethical to use ...
Bill Gates’ ‘supercow’ quest: Funding for livestock genetics research aims to boost milk production
Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Give a man a hybrid supercow with the ...
Farmers, scientists worry anti-GMO activists could stymie CRISPR and other gene-edited crop research
[N]ew precision breeding tools are creating such a buzz that some activists suggest techniques like CRISPR Cas9 - which involves ...
