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Pakistan suspends GMO corn imports, field trials to protect crop exports from ‘contamination’

Munawar Hasan | 
Pakistan has imposed a ban on further trials of Genetically Modified (GM) maize for [an] unspecified period in a bid ...
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Will China tell the world about its third controversial CRISPR baby?

Antonio Regalado | 
The Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing, held in Hong Kong last November, was meant to debate the pros ...
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CRISPR gene edited soybeans suited for hotter climates offer ‘enormous’ crop yield boost

Zhang Hui | 
Chinese agricultural scientists using gene-editing technology have created new soybean mutants, which could lead to soybean crops in much warmer ...
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China to increase farm imports from US as two nations call for ceasefire in ‘multibillion-dollar tariff war’

Keith Bradsher, Peter Baker | 
President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China agreed on [June 29] to resume trade talks after a seven-week breakdown, ...
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Chinese biologist Qu Dongyu to focus on hunger, poverty eradication as UN Food and Agriculture Organization chief

Qu Dongyu, China's deputy agricultural minister, was elected [June 23] as the new director general of the U.N. Food and ...
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GMO crops could have slowed fall armyworm pest advance across China

Andrew Silver | 
A hungry caterpillar that ravages crops is advancing across China and threatening the nation’s vast supply of maize. Scientists are ...
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Washington Post editorial: We have an ‘urgent need’ for international rules on gene-edited babies

WHEN CHINESE scientist He Jiankui announced last November his experiments making heritable genetic changes in human embryos followed by live ...
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Will GMO-wary China accept virus-resistant CRISPR pigs?

Kristine Servando | 
As China struggles to stem a contagious, hog-ravaging disease, a British company offers some hope. But it may first need ...
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UK biotech firm Genus seeks approval to sell virus-resistant CRISPR pigs in China, world’s biggest pork market

Dominique Patton | 
British livestock genetics firm Genus agreed on [May 16] to license its know-how on virus-resistant pigs to Beijing Capital Agribusiness ...
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Brazil urges China to import sugar from biotech sugarcane, says final product has no GMO ingredients

Dominique Patton | 
Brazil’s agriculture minister [asked] Chinese officials on [May 16] to greenlight exports to the Asian nation of sugar made from ...
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Geopolitics of gene editing

Abishur Prakash | 
For a handful of countries, gene editing is key to their future power ...
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Why the ‘chemical free’ organic industry has a ‘pesticide problem’

Andrew Porterfield | 
The organic label is often touted as meaning "pesticide free" and has become a rallying cry for anti-GMO activists. But ...
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Canadian farmers anticipate access to new GMO crops as US-China trade deal nears completion

Sean Pratt | 
Canadian farmers may benefit from the trade dispute between the United States and China to the tune of hundreds of ...
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Chinese import restrictions block Brazil’s access to latest GMO crops

Jake Spring | 
Brazil Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo said on [April 25] that the country must work with China to reduce non-tariff barriers ...
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CRISPR-edited wheat could cut China’s toxic weed killer use

Chinese farmers are facing worsening problems with jointed goatgrass (Aegilops tauschii) – a close relative to wheat – growing in ...
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China’s lengthy GMO crop approval process cuts US agriculture profits $5 billion over five years

Jeff Daniels | 
China’s approval process for biotech crops is beset by regulatory hurdles and delays that have cost U.S. companies billions of ...
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GMO crops still ‘sticking point’ as US-China trade deal moves toward completion

Chris Prentice | 
China’s lengthy approval process for genetically modified crops remains a sticking point in talks to end the trade war between ...
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Speedy conclusion to US-China ‘trade tensions’ could foster farming innovation

Xu Jing, Yang Shilong | 
It would be a timely piece of good news for American farmers if the United States and China could reach ...
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China revives discredited ‘malarial therapy’ as cancer treatment

Jane Qiu | 
American surgeon Henry Heimlich is best known for inventing a way to rescue choking victims, but a quarter-century ago, he was vilified ...
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GMO crop approvals focal point of trade talks as US urges China to boost agricultural imports

Isis Almeida | 
China has offered the U.S. some “very attractive numbers” for purchases of farm goods as part of “dynamic” trade talks, ...
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China tightens gene-editing regulations in wake of CRISPR baby scandal

David Cyranoski | 
China’s health ministry has issued draft regulations that will restrict the use of gene editing in humans, just three months ...
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How much did the Chinese government know about controversial CRISPR babies research?

Julia Belluz | 
When scientist He Jiankui announced he’d conducted an experiment that led to the birth of twin girls with CRISPR-edited genomes in November, ...
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As trade talks progress, China may slow already lengthy approval process for US biotech crops

Bill Tomson | 
China may agree to buy more U.S. agriculture commodities and lift onerous trade barriers in the ongoing talks, but unless ...
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While Americans are ambivalent about plant-based ‘clean meat’ protein alternatives, Chinese and Indians are enthusiastic

Kelsey Piper | 
Would you eat a burger grown from animal cells rather than a whole cow? What about a plant-based burger, once ...
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US pushes China to speed biotech crop approvals, import more ethanol as trade talks continue

Catherine Boudreau | 
The Trump administration is pressing China to approve biotech corn traits and import more American ethanol and a byproduct of ...
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Searching for ‘hidden talents’: Chinese parents turn to genetic tests for their toddlers

Michael Standaert | 
Fears of seeing their children fall behind their peers have left Chinese parents searching for anything to give them a ...
Did China's government fund the controversial 'CRISPR babies' experiment?

Did China’s government fund the controversial ‘CRISPR babies’ experiment?

Jane Qiu | 
Three government institutions in China, including the nation’s science ministry, may have funded the “CRISPR babies” study that led to ...
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