Biotechnology timeline: Humans have manipulated genes since the 'dawn of civilization'

Biotechnology timeline: Humans have manipulated genes since the ‘dawn of civilization’

Brian Colwell | 
The history of biotechnology shows how humans have been manipulating nature for our benefit for a long time—and how modern ...
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Viewpoint: GMO crops are key to sustainable farming — why are some scientists afraid to talk about them?

Colin Carter, Henry Miller | 
A shallow piece in the journal Science downplaying the importance of GMO crops belongs in a New Age publication ...
Podcast: Life-saving snake venom? Palm oil from gene-edited soybeans; Fighting plastic pollution with biotech

Podcast: Life-saving snake venom? Palm oil from gene-edited soybeans; Fighting plastic pollution with biotech

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | 
Believe it or not, scientists are exploiting venom from snakes, snails and other poisonous critters to make life-saving medicines. Could ...
Podcast: Biden's pro-biotech executive order; Vaccine mandates backfire; Courts v junk science

Podcast: Biden’s pro-biotech executive order; Vaccine mandates backfire; Courts v junk science

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | 
President Biden just signed an executive order promising substantial investment in the "bioeconomy." What impact will the proposal have on ...
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A UK Farmer’s Perspective: What are the Consequences for Sustainability and the Public When Biotechnology Innovations are Withheld?

Jake Freestone | 
Jake Freestone, Farm Manager at Overbury Farms, West Midlands, United Kingdom | July 10, 2018Highlights:European politicians bows to activist pressure, ...
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What are the Challenges Facing Modern Farming Around the World?

Mary Boote | 
Mary Boote, Chief Executive Officer of the GlobalFarmer Network | June 12, 2018Highlights: Agricultural biotech solutions are being denied to ...
GLP Podcast: Vaccine denier vs skeptic; Food changes DNA? Biotech will help solve next health crisis

GLP Podcast: Vaccine denier vs skeptic; Food changes DNA? Biotech will help solve next health crisis

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | 
Treating vaccine-hesitant individuals like they are hardcore vaccine "deniers" could backfire as a science-outreach strategy. Can the food you eat ...
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How anti-GMO advocates hijacked German science, blocking agricultural innovation and threatening the CRISPR revolution: A farmer’s perspective

Susanne Günther | 
Susanne Günther, Farmer, Blogger, and Winner of the InnoPlanta Prize for Objective Reporting on Modern Plant Breeding | July 12, ...
Can Biden's USDA bring America's animal gene-editing rules into the 21st century?

Can Biden’s USDA bring America’s animal gene-editing rules into the 21st century?

Alison Van Eenennaam | 
I am in perhaps a somewhat rare position regarding the contemplated USDA regulatory framework, as I actually have several animals ...
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High-tech medical and dental innovation garner the headlines but the most impactful practices are mostly lower tech and prevention-focused

Henry Miller, Shiv Sharma | 
Much of the progress in medicine during the past half-century has involved expensive, high-tech diagnostic tests and therapies.  The trend in ...
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CRISPR cows could boost sustainable meat production, but regulations and wary consumers stand in the way

Dyllan Furness | 
When Ralph Fisher, a Texas cattle rancher, set eyes on one of the world’s first cloned calves in August 1999, he ...
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Viewpoint: GMO vs non-GMO foods? There’s no difference to your body or health

Lucy Stitzer | 
What exactly happens when you eat a GMO? ...
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Scientists should consider public’s values when discussing GMOs, communication experts say

Scientists' inability to effectively engage with the public has partly contributed to public misunderstanding of gene technologies. This is according ...
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Podcast: Mapping Humanity—How modern genetics is changing criminal justice, personalized medicine, and our identities

Cameron English, Josh Rappoport | 
Innovations in genetics are already changing our lives for the better, and will continue to do so. Using gene-editing technology, ...
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Civilization inflection point? China posed to pass US as world leader in biotechnology

Mandy Mayfield | 
China is edging forward as a world leader in the biotech sector, one expert said. “Biotechnologies, including synthetic biology, are ...
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Strokes often deadly but gene therapy offers hope to rebuild critically damaged brain cells

Sam Moxon | 
When you think of a typical meal in the US South, you will likely recall the rich, hearty dishes that ...
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Biotechnology gives plant breeders a leg up in ‘evolutionary arms race’ against crop diseases

Laura Owings | 
While crop pests and diseases can be spread by environmental factors, such as the wind, they also move into new ...
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Insect-resistant GMO corn nutritionally equivalent to conventional counterpart, field study shows

Jennifer Anderson | 
DP23211 maize was genetically modified (GM) to express .... protein for control of corn rootworm. DP23211 maize also expresses ...
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Scanning the horizon for the next decade’s biotech breakthroughs, including tools to fight the next pandemic

Luke Kemp | 
In 2017 we published the results of a ‘horizon scan’ that looked at emerging issues in bioengineering (Wintle et al., ...
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Talking Biotech: Where did GMOs come from? Former Monsanto scientist Robb Fraley recounts the advent of biotech crops

Kevin Folta, Robb Fraley | 
On the five-year anniversary of the Talking Biotech podcast, host and plant geneticist Kevin Folta sits down with former Monsanto ...
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Viewpoint: COVID-19 food shortages—Why the pandemic is a warning to embrace agricultural technology

Maria Roca | 
The question worth asking is this: will we learn from this trying experience and embrace agricultural technology to build a ...
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Podcast: Why scientists have an obligation to teach the public about GMOs

Godwin James, Mahaletchumy Arujanan | 
Dr. Maha Arujanan is the global coordinator of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) and also ...
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Will genetically improved crops be enough to sustainably feed a booming global population?

A growing, increasingly affluent and urban human population is driving demand for more food grown in more-sustainable ways. ... Sustainable ...
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Biotech-powered, plant-based seafood poised to cut overfishing, pollution and ‘food fraud’

Katy Askew | 
Plant-based seafood specialist Kuleana is targeting seafood and sushi lovers with what it describes as the ‘next generation of raw ...
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Clones, enzymes, stem cells and more: Learn these scientific terms to better understand biotech news

Theresa Phillips | 
Quite often, you hear about advances in biotechnology in the news .... [Y]ou might feel as if the science and ...
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Customized biotech yeast could make more plant-based proteins and replace artificial food additives

Niamh Michail | 
A Brazilian biotech start-up is custom-designing novel, natural yeast strains that can be used to make plant proteins, replace artificial ...
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College undergraduates embrace biotech after teaching high school students the science behind GMOs

Melanie Falcon | 
Some college students tested a class on their knowledge of GMOs, or genetically modified organisms. "Two of these chips are ...
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