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Talking Biotech: Can biofortified GMO soybeans help tackle vitamin A deficiency?

Plant scientist Monica Schmidt: By modifying only one gene, a new variety of soybeans has higher levels of beta-carotene than ...
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Talking Biotech: Using plants as ‘biofactories’ for vaccines, biofuels and more

Beth Hood, Kevin Folta | 
Plant biologist Beth Hood: Scientists are genetically modifying plants to produce ingredients for a variety of important industrial and therapeutic ...
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Talking Biotech: How rice became one of the world’s most important food crops

Kevin Folta, Susan McCouch | 
Rice geneticist Susan McCouch: How and where rice was domesticated, and how many varieties are there? ...
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Talking Biotech: How do we decide whether to use gene drives?

Jennifer Kuzma, Paul Vincelli | 
Science and technology scholar Jennifer Kuzma: The social and political considerations of using gene drives to combat human diseases, weeds, ...
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Talking Biotech: The powerful potential—and risks—of CRISPR engineered ‘gene drives’

Fred Gould, Paul Vincelli | 
Evolutionary biologist Fred Gould: 'Gene drives' can be found in nature. Now, scientists want to engineer them to decrease populations ...
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Talking Biotech: The genetic factors that makes sweet corn sweet

Curt Hannah, Kevin Folta | 
Geneticist Curt Hannah: Sweet corn was specifically discovered and selected because of its sweetness. But how does a kernel of ...
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Talking Biotech: How USAID uses GMO crops to improve food security around the world

Angela Records, Chris Barbey | 
USAID science advisor Angela Records: Disease-resistant GMO cassava, bananas show promise in improving food security in developing countries ...
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Talking Biotech: ‘Farm Babe’ Michelle Miller takes on critics of GMOs, modern farming

Kevin Folta, Michelle Miller | 
Writer Michelle Miller: The 'Food Babe' is critical of those who marginalize farmers and farming, and a powerful voice for ...
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Talking Biotech: Can Oxitec’s genetically engineered insects combat fall armyworm crop damage and famine in Africa?

Kevin Folta, Simon Warner | 
Oxitec's Simon Warner: Engineered male fall armyworms contain a gene that prevents female offspring from reaching adulthood, reducing wild pest ...
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Talking Biotech: Should milk, meat and eggs from animals fed GMO crops be labeled?

Alison Van Eenennaam, Paul Vincelli | 
Geneticist Alison Van Eenennaam: Data shows that products from animals fed genetically engineered crops are no different than those fed ...
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Talking Biotech: Know Ideas Media gives scientists platform to discuss future of food and farming

Kevin Folta, Nick Saik | 
Canadian filmmaker Nick Saik is taking the 100+ hours of footage he recorded for his Know GMO documentary and turning ...
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Talking Biotech: 91-year-old geneticist Maxine Thompson aims to expand fruit diversity with new berry breeds

Kevin Folta, Maxine Thompson | 
Oregon State fruit breeder Maxine Thompson: A trailblazer in plant science, now retired from academia, she continues to work on ...
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Talking Biotech: Bayer geneticist Ray Shillito on communicating with the public about agricultural biotechnology, and more

Angie Adkin, Kevin Folta, Ray Shillito | 
Bayer plant scientist Ray Shillito: Educating the next generation of scientists about how to communicate with the public will help ...
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Talking Biotech’s best biotechnology science stories from 2017—and what to expect in 2018

Kevin Folta, Paul Vincelli | 
Talking Biotech hosts Kevin Folta and Paul Vincelli talk about their favorite stories from 2017, and what to look for ...
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Talking Biotech: How genetic engineering can reduce cancer-causing contaminants in peanuts

Dilip Shah, Kevin Folta | 
Plant pathologist Dilip Shah: GMO peanuts could help eliminate a potent threat to human health in the developing world ...
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Talking Biotech: Science Moms documentary explores how parents can navigate GMO and food disinformation on the web

Jules Janick, Kevin Folta, Natalie Newell | 
Filmmaker Natalie Newell: Despite the film being funded entirely by an online crowdfunding campaign, the Science Moms have been attacked ...
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Talking Biotech: How will dicamba herbicide-resistant GMO crops fare after contamination fiasco?

Karen Corrigan, Kevin Folta | 
Agronomist Karen Corrigan: Companies, farmers, and weed scientists should focus more on solutions to dicamba drift issues and less on ...
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Talking Biotech: How will agricultural-biotech seed company mergers impact farmers and sustainability?

Paul Vincelli, Sylvie Bonny | 
French researcher Sylvie Bonny: Some worry that corporate consolidation will raise seed prices and hurt farmers, while others believe mergers ...
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Talking Biotech: Pet dogs with genetic diseases testing ground for gene therapy

Emily Mullin, Kevin Folta | 
Journalist Emily Mullin: Gene therapies becoming more promising but restricted in humans because of safety concerns, prompting some researchers to ...
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Talking Biotech: Soil-worm resistant GMO crops in Africa hindered by politics, public fears

IITA scientists: GMOs could help fend off nematode crop pests in Africa, but educating policymakers and public about the benefits ...
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Talking Biotech: TALEN gene editing to make more nutritious food crops

Dan Voytas, Kevin Folta | 
Calyxt's Dan Voytas: Using TALEN gene editing to create soybeans with healthier oil, high fiber wheat and canola with lower ...
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Talking Biotech: A former skeptic’s struggle to bring GMO crops to Bolivia

Cecilia Gonzalez, Paul Vincelli | 
Educator Cecilia Gonzalez: Bolivia has had to import GMO corn from Argentina due to crop failures. Insect-resistant Bt crops could ...
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Talking Biotech: Former anti-GMO activist Mark Lynas on how resistance to crop biotechnology hurts small African farms

Kevin Folta, Mark Lynas | 
Mark Lynas, Cornell Alliance for Science: "Moral injustice" of NGOs preventing Africans from adopting GMO crops driven by "green ideology" ...
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Talking Biotech: Uganda farmer-scientist on benefits of GMO disease resistant bananas

Clet Masiga, Kevin Folta, Patricia Nanteza | 
Kevin Folta in Uganda interviews scientists and farmers about bananas resistant to crop disease and the likelihood of commercialization ...
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Talking Biotech: How Africa can move beyond subsistence farming

Bret Rierson, Kevin Folta | 
World Food Program's Bret Rierson: Inexpensive storage options could dramatically help developing world farmers manage, store and sell surplus crops, ...
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Talking Biotech: Can we fight herbicide-resistant weeds with non-GMO RNAi technology?

Doug Sammons, Lauren Benoit, Sarah Sheppard | 
Monsanto biochemist Doug Sammons: RNAi technology increases weed sensitivity to targeted herbicides. This could counter the growing problem of glyphosate-resistant ...
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Talking Biotech: Is genetic engineering the best way to resuscitate the American chestnut from blight?

Jared Westbrook, Paul Vincelli | 
Plant biologist Jared Westbrook: 4 billion American chestnut trees have died because of blight in the 20th century. Now, there ...
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