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Viewpoint: Anti-biotech farmers and green politicians decry EU relaxation of genetic engineering rules — ‘Specter of patentable supercrops from corporate giants looms over Europe’

Bartosz Brzeziński, Paula Andrés | 
The specter of patentable supercrops is looming over Europe's agricultural landscape, raising concerns about a handful of corporate giants dominating ...
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Disease-free pigs: CRISPR gene-edited animals in development resist virus that has decimated pork farms for decades

Uduak Thomas | 
CRISPR-based genome editing has already been successfully applied to sickle cell disease and additional companies are working on developing their ...
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Video: Devastating Witches’ Broom disease is wiping out cassava crops across South Asia. Here’s how CRISPR nanotechnology could help contain the spread

Elizabeth Ramirez | 
In Southeast Asia, most smallholder farmers rely on cassava: its starch-rich roots form the basis of an industry that supports ...
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Combining cutting-edge and low-tech innovation: Tanzania leverages AI to speed up development of climate-proof bean varieties

Georgina Smith | 
[At Tanzania Agriculture Research Institute,] TARI partner the Alliance of Bioversity International and [International Center for Tropical Agriculture] CIAT’s trial ...
Viewpoint: African nations leverage gene editing to break Europe’s anti-technology stranglehold on food production across the continent

Viewpoint: African nations leverage gene editing to break Europe’s anti-technology stranglehold on food production across the continent

Javier Sampedro | 
On the African continent, a dozen genetic-editing projects are being put at the forefront of agriculture. However, for the past 20 ...
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Australia is first country to approve genetically engineered banana, modified to resist disease

Jacinta Bowler | 
Queensland researchers have just received news over 20 years in the making – their genetically modified banana species called QCAV-4 has ...
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Viewpoint: ‘Science is evolving, and times have changed’ — Foodie France slowly opening doors to ecology-promoting gene-edited crops

Geraldine Woessner | 
Science is evolving, and times have changed. “Life is constantly mutating. Every year there are 240 million mutations in a ...
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Latin America: A biotech laboratory and world champion in GMOs and gene editing

Daniel Norero | 
Since the commercial release of GMOs began in the mid-1990s, Latin America has been a key region in the industry ...
Concord grape colored tomato with antioxidant-packed flesh? It contains a key secret: Snapdragon DNA

Concord grape colored tomato with antioxidant-packed flesh? It contains a key secret: Snapdragon DNA

Sasa Woodruff | 
As home gardeners in the U.S. page through seed catalogs and pick out their favorite heirlooms, there's a new seed ...
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Bioluminescent petunias: Light-up mushroom genes are secret ingredient in green glowing genetically modified plants — and they are now on sale

Katherine Bourzac | 
Consumers in the United States can now pre-order a genetically engineered plant for their home or garden that glows continuously. At a ...
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England’s gene-editing rules could be far more restrictive than scientists hope

Daniel Pearsall, Karen Holt | 
In proposals set out in a recent public consultation document, the Food Standards Agency has confirmed its plans for implementing ...
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USAID’s funding freeze on blight-resistant GM potato research in Ethiopia could have grave consequences

Nardos Yoseph | 
Researchers are left in limbo as they await funding for a genetically modified potato project that lost its financing as ...
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Crop gene editing greenlighted by European Parliament. Fight over labeling looms as measure moves to the EU Council

European Parliament | 
For a more sustainable and resilient food system, MEPs support a simpler process for NGT plants equivalent to conventional plants, ...
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Analysis: Climate activists issue scare-warnings of impending starvation, but they ignore technology’s future role in scaling productivity

Alex Smith, Emma Kovak, Patrick Brown | 
In 1968, the American scientists Paul and Anne Ehrlich published The Population Bomb. In it, The Ehrlichs foresaw widespread death and ...
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Grow in the dark vertical farming? Here’s how gene-editing could allow crops to grow without light

Rebekka Boekhout | 
Startup Square Roots announces a new program to prove that light can removed from a commercial vertical farming system and ...
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Viewpoint: Crop biotechnology opponents are losing their war against genetic engineering but the battle for science is not yet won

Steven Cerier | 
It was not so long ago that the strident opponents of agricultural biotechnology were dictating the narrative over sustainable crops ...
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Beverages, meats, fruits and vegetables: CRISPR poised to offer more sustainable alternatives

Cillian McGorman | 
Although vegetarian and vegan diets have risen in popularity over the years, humankind’s appetite for meat is still insatiable. By ...
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Viewpoint: Why do some people readily believe climate scientists but reject the view of crop geneticists? Austrian survey provides some clues

Robert Treichler | 
Fortunately, vaccine and climate skeptics prefer to hang out on social media, but not – at least at the moment ...
In face of diminishing freshwater resources, new gene-edited tomato variety can withstand droughts without compromising yields

In face of diminishing freshwater resources, new gene-edited tomato variety can withstand droughts without compromising yields

A new discovery by Tel Aviv University has succeeded in cultivating and characterizing tomato varieties with higher water use efficiency ...
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Gene-edited fungus-resistant rice variety slated for field trials, first genetically-engineered crop trial in Italy nearly 20 years

Anna Meldolesi | 
For the first time in almost 20 years, a new entry appeared in the public database that lists proposals to test ...
African countries turn toward home-engineered gene edited crops to ensure regional acceptance

African countries turn toward home-engineered gene edited crops to ensure regional acceptance

Heidi Ledford | 
Molecular biologist Steven Runo once thought that his team would make history as the first to plant gene-edited seeds in African soil ...
Disease is poised to wipe out much of Africa’s rice crop. Still-unapproved gene edited varietals may be the only hope

Disease is poised to wipe out much of Africa’s rice crop. Still-unapproved gene edited varietals may be the only hope

Augustus Bambridge-Sutton | 
A new study has found that CRISPR technology can be used to edit genes in some strains of rice, developing ...
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Tomatoes ready for harvest in 40 days? Gene edited prototypes could transform one of the world’s most popular fruits

Jeremiah Budin | 
Scientists have just genetically modified cherry tomatoes to make them easier to grow, and the future applications could include making them more ...
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After EU Environment Committee vote approving relaxed crop gene editing rules, full European Parliament vote looms in 10 days

Maria Simon Arboleas | 
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) approved on January 24 new rules for new genomic techniques (NGTs). The plenary will ...
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Swiss consumers are more resistant to gene-edited crops than Americans. What could change the status quo?

This study investigated what consumers from the United States of America (i.e., a country where gene technology is legal and ...
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Next breakthrough CRISPR crop? Turning wild rice species into a domesticated crop

Michael Marshall | 
[Jiayang] Li, a plant geneticist at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology in Beijing, is working on a wild ...
Here’s how CRISPR is evolving into a tool to protect small African farmers

Here’s how CRISPR is evolving into a tool to protect small African farmers

Imma Perfetto | 
A research team has used genome editing to produce a rice variety resistant to yellow mottle virus, which is responsible for high ...
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