Ag Gene Editing
FDA plan to regulate a gene-edited animal as a ‘drug’ will ‘choke’ research, experts say
Despite the Trump administration's calls to increase innovation in biotechnology in a new draft proposal, experts say the classification of genetic editing ...
Viewpoint: Environmental gene editing shows promise, but requires ‘careful oversight’
In Burkina Faso, the government is considering the use of genetically modified mosquitoes to eradicate malaria. In Nantucket, Mass., officials ...
Video: Led by gene editing, these scientific breakthroughs are the future of agriculture
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies the most promising scientific breakthroughs that are ...
Animal biotechnologist Alison Van Eenennaam questions FDA plan to classify CRISPR gene-edited animals as drugs
The [FDA in 2019] will roll out several guidance documents meant to provide “intensive assistance” for navigating its guidelines for ...
CRISPR gene editing could fuel fight against evolving cotton pests
[B]ugs are biting back by adapting to crops genetically engineered to kill them. A new study published in the Proceedings of ...
Viewpoint: Europe’s GMO process-based crop regulations are a great way to kill innovation
In 2002, Europe establishing a new regulatory agency, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to resolve its regulation problems regarding ...
FDA launches initiative to support plant, animal biotechnology innovation
Today, [October 30] the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the Plant and Animal Biotechnology Innovation Action Plan to outline the key ...
CRISPR gene editing could save pigs from devastating disease
As flu season rears its ugly head, humans aren’t the only ones on the virus’ warpath. Pigs are also vulnerable ...
Healthier oil? US farmers poised for first harvest of gene-edited soybeans
Farmers in the United States are poised to harvest, for the first time, 6,500 hectares of genetically modified soybeans that ...
Viewpoint: Why we have to fight for what biotechnology can offer us
“Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.” That’s how fictional star ship captain Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek orders his tea, 300 years ...
Countering the impact of climate change through new breeding techniques
It is imperative that we breed new varieties of plants to make agriculture more sustainable, given increasing food demand and ...
Viewpoint: Experts need to engage, educate the public on benefits of animal gene editing
Gene editing shows considerable potential for improving animal health and welfare and food safety while reducing dependence on antimicrobials and ...
EU’s ‘stringent’ gene-edited crop regulations starting to ‘chill’ plant breeding research
Three months after the European Union’s top court gave gene-edited crops the same stringent legal status as genetically modified (GM) ...
CRISPR gene editing offers hope for struggling French seed maker Vilmorin
U.S. sanctions against Iran and a slide in Turkey’s currency are contributing to an uncertain short-term outlook for seed maker ...
EU parliament urged to reverse de facto ban on gene-edited crops
The European Union Court of Justice’s (ECJ) recent decision that new gene-editing techniques must go through the same lengthy approval ...
Boosting crop yields by using genetic engineering to help plants discard natural toxins
Can you imagine the entire population of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the United Kingdom and France going hungry? ...
CRISPR could help combat bovine tuberculosis—disease that costs farmers $3 billion annually
Recombinetics announced [October 16] the launch of TARGET-TB, a tripartite collaborative research project with University College Dublin in the Republic ...
Precision plant breeding could boost sustainable rice production 25 percent
Corteva Agriscience, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) [recently] announced a multi-year framework agreement on ...
Viewpoint: Success of first ever gene-edited soybean exposes folly of EU’s hostility to crop biotech
In the US, genome-edited crops have been grown and harvested for the first time – soybeans with a changed and ...
Viewpoint: It’s time to replace our fear-based genetic engineering regulations
In the early 1970s a group of scientists -- none involved in agriculture or food -- raised concerns about the ...
Viewpoint: Europe has traded crop biotechnology for ‘faith-based’ agroecology
We are living in a new Dark Age in Europe where innovation and technology are being rejected at an alarming ...
World’s most popular banana faces extinction. Can gene editing save it?
Suring the summer of 1989, Randy Ploetz was in his laboratory just south of Miami, when he received a package ...
First ever gene-edited wheat that produces high fiber flour could hit the market by 2020
[The biotech firm Calyxt] has completed the inaugural harvest of its high-fiber wheat product, the world’s first gene-edited, consumer-focused wheat ...
Post-Brexit, UK should abandon EU’s misguided biotech crop rules, researcher urges
Failure to diverge from some aspects of EU regulation of crop biotechnology and new breeding techniques (NBTs) after Brexit will ...
Viewpoint: New Zealand’s ‘Pig-headed’ biotech crop regulations threaten nation’s economy
There is a new agricultural-based green revolution beginning around the world, and it’s a technique you’ve probably heard of before: ...
Could gene editing overcome ‘squeamishness’ about GMOs and crop biotechnology?
Climate change is .... empowering a less familiar food foe: fungal pathogens. Molds and mildews thrive under increased precipitation and ...
Video: Meet the gene-edited cows that could revolutionize beef production
On July 14, 2018 Genzelle, an Angus calf genetically engineered to withstand Brazil's high summer temperatures, was born. Cows like ...
