Ag Gene Editing
Viewpoint: Regulating CRISPR gene-edited livestock as ‘drugs’ hinders innovative research in US
In one of the final actions of the outgoing Barack Obama administration, the Food and Drug Administration announced it would ...
Viewpoint: Mandatory GMO labeling counterproductive and based on pseudoscience
More and more, scientific literacy is a critical virtue we should demand of our politicians. Yet questions about important scientific ...
Climate change ready crops? Gene editing and other genomic advances show promise
Development of climate resilient crops with accelerating genetic gains in crops will require integration of different disciplines/technologies, to see the ...
Battling cancer-causing aflatoxin contamination in Africa with genetic engineering, other technologies
We in the rich societies of the world don’t hear a lot about aflatoxin. It is probably one of the single ...
Why the FDA and USDA can’t agree on the definition of a GMO
The regulatory concerns about genetic modification of animals that I wrote about a while ago have moved towards a Congressional spotlight. Pigs ...
Viewpoint: Gene editing could unleash next Green Revolution, but ‘GMO fearmongers’ need to be convinced
The GMO fearmongers are able to take to Twitter and Facebook now because, like all of us, they have benefited ...
Viewpoint: The government can’t decide what a GMO is—so how is it going to require mandatory labeling?
If the food industry and government cannot come to a consensus about what is a GMO and what isn’t, labeling ...
How synthetic biology can help world meet UN sustainable development goals
The agenda of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) challenges the synthetic biology community—and the life sciences as a whole—to develop transformative ...
Proposed 2018 Farm Bill includes amendments aimed at streamlining regulation of genetic engineering
The House Agriculture Committee approved a group of 15 Republican amendments to the panel’s farm bill that would modify a ...
Biotech livestock: USDA, FDA diverge over how to regulate genetically engineered animals
A disease that kills millions of pigs a year may soon meet its match — if two federal agencies can ...
Plant ‘vaccines’, CRISPR gene editing could increase crop yields and reduce pesticide use
When European researchers recently announced a new technique that could potentially replace chemical pesticides with a natural “vaccine” for crops, ...
How the European Court of Justice could open the door to gene editing and revive crop biotechnology in EU
A “landmark opinion” from the European Court of Justice on the definition of genetically modified organisms could pave the way ...
‘Will people eat it?’: The public opinion battle over CRISPR gene-edited food is just beginning
Zachary Lippman, a plant biologist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, stood among 2 acres of his experimental crops, including some ...
Viewpoint: Why ‘organic’ should be redefined to include GMOs
The challenges of sustainable food production without damaging the environment for a growing human population have increased considerably. The current ...
Will public embrace CRISPR crops if they can help feed our growing population and protect the environment?
Experts estimate we’ll be eating the first CRISPR produce — likely strawberries or another type of fruit — within five ...
UK scientists hopeful government will emulate USDA decision to not regulate gene-edited crops
US regulators have ruled crops altered using gene-editing techniques do not need to come under the same restrictions as genetically ...
Viewpoint: Gene editing in agriculture shouldn’t be regulated, whether applied to crops or animals
CRISPR has changed the way alterations are made; so in the past year the FDA clarified their position, any intentional ...
Genetic engineering may provide only long-term solution to citrus greening disease, National Academies of Sciences report says
A single breakthrough discovery for managing citrus greening (also known as Huanglongbing or HLB) in Florida in the future is ...
European farmers push EU to emulate USDA in not regulating CRISPR and other new crop breeding techniques
European farmers warned EU policymakers on [April 10] to take immediate action and encourage innovative new plant breeding techniques following the ...
Bill Gates endorses CRISPR gene editing to spur food, medical innovation
Philanthropist Bill Gates today strongly endorsed new gene editing techniques such as CRISPR, saying they could help humanity overcome some ...
Viewpoint: Anti-biotech activists don’t understand the difference between GMOs and CRISPR crops
CRISPR-Cas9 may genetically modify a crop, but it doesn’t necessarily result in a genetically modified organism, the dreaded GMO. To ...
Why FDA’s proposed gene-editing regulations could stifle CRISPR research on food animals
A 2017 draft Food and Drug Administration guidance proposes mandatory, multigenerational premarket new animal drug evaluation of all “intentional genomic ...
Wheat gene discovery could give breeders new tool to boost crop yields
A new study has isolated a gene controlling shape and size of spikelets in wheat in a breakthrough which could help breeders ...
Plant scientists embrace USDA decision to not regulate gene-edited crops
Researchers in the US have been given the go-ahead to use gene-editing techniques to alter crops and plants. The decision ...
Vaccines for plants? RNA spray could help protect crops from pests and disease
Novel technologies are being sought to replace the traditional pesticides used to protect plants, particularly edible plants such as cereals ...
Making sense of the patchwork US regulatory system for genetically engineered crops and animals
The faster-growing genetically engineered AquaAdvantage Salmon took 20 years of regulatory scrutiny to gain approval, while the non-browning gene-silenced Arctic ...
Talking Biotech: How do we decide whether to use gene drives?
Science and technology scholar Jennifer Kuzma: The social and political considerations of using gene drives to combat human diseases, weeds, ...
