Ag Gene Editing
Discovery of on/off genes in maize genome may speed plant breeding
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For astronomers, “dark matter” ...
Bangladesh develops high yield rice that can survive tidal floods
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists have come up ...
Founder of Ginkgo Bioworks, a GMO company, supports GMO labeling
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I [am the] founder of ...
Indian silk farmers testing genetically modified, disease resistant silkworm
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A quiet movement from ...
Artificial selection has increased carrots’ beta carotene content by 50% since 1970
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [A]fter ...
Gene edited hornless cow improve animal welfare but regulatory fate unclear
A new publication reports how scientists created healthy, hornless cows via gene editing. These cows could improve animal welfare on ...
Plant scientists call on EU to make genome editing regulations product based
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Novel plant genome editing ...
Gene edited herbicide resistant canola in limbo in Europe because of regulatory confusion
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A single herbicide-resistant canola ...
Emails reveal activists’ role in changing Whole Foods’ ‘Responsibly Grown’ standards
Last year, Whole Foods changed its Responsibly Grown label. Now emails show activists and researcher Charles Benbrook were heavily involved ...
Pudgy Labrador retrievers’ genes help humans understand why we are getting fat
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Labrador retriever, known ...
Can IVF save white rhino from extinction?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The northern white rhinoceros ...
View from the farm: Why conventional and organic farmers don’t want to save seeds
A common criticism of GMOs is that corporations force farmers to buy new seeds every year. But do farmers actually ...
Talking Biotech: Michigan State’s Jim Hancock on strawberry breeding challenges; Ag communications with Michele Payn-Knoper
Jim Hancock, Michigan State strawberry breeder, on breeding challenges; Michele Payn-Knoper talks ag communications ...
French regulators split on whether to regulate CRISPR, new breeding techniques as GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The French High Council ...
Burkina Faso putting GMO cotton on hold, not abandoning it
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Activists opposed to GMOs ...
New York Times offers lesson plan for schools on CRISPR gene editing in animals
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Editor's note: The following ...
Did CRISPR gene-edited mushroom really “escape” regulation?
The USDA decided it will not regulate a CRISPR gene edited mushroom. Is this an example of a failure of ...
Different genes may be responsible for longevity, healthy life
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. They’ve made it far ...
European organic agriculture leader comes out in favor of CRISPR
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. European activists opposing all ...
Kevin Folta on winning Borlaug Ag Comm Award, year of attacks from anti-GMO activists
After year of attacks from activist, Kevin Folta wins prestigious, international award for science outreach and communication ...
CRISPR may help neuroscientists unlock genetics of psychiatric disease
We still have much to learn about the genetics of the human brain, but advances in gene editing have allowed ...
Cassava genome mapping may provide tools to make crop disease resistant, less toxic
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bill Gates called it ...
Talking Biotech: Kansas Wheat Innovation Center’s Chris Miller talks breeding, future solutions for less reactive wheat
Chris Miller of Kansas Wheat Innovation Center on wheat future, gluten free and breeding ...
Ugandan scientists say prohibitive laws deter innovation as Parliament drafts GMO regulations
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A principal state attorney ...
Conservationists employ electronic eggs to save vultures
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The vultures of Britain’s International ...
Nigeria’s Environment Minister: Agricultural biotechnology will boost economy
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Minister of Environment, ...
Will CRISPR and gene editing change public fears about Franken-technology?
Is gene editing the key to changing the popular image of modified food from mutants to be feared to something ...
