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Gene editing could help Kenya’s valuable tea crop retain its competitive edge
Genome editing may help protect Kenya’s most important cash crop — tea grown in the country’s prime highlands — from ...
FDA warns Joe Mercola to stop selling fake COVID remedies and cures
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned Joseph Mercola, an osteopath who heads a large online “alternative ...
Poverty and hunger follow Africa’s fall armyworm invasion
Africa’s fall armyworm invasion has contributed to poverty and hunger among smallholder farmers, a pioneering study shows. Severe levels of ...
Decades-long battle over GMOs can teach scientists how to combat COVID conspiracies in Africa
As the second wave of COVID-19 sweeps across Africa, bringing steep increases in infections and deaths, the battle between facts and conspiracies – ...
High-yielding sweet potato that fights vitamin A deficiency could be Ghana’s first gene-edited crop
Research on Ghana’s first gene-edited crop — a high-yielding sweet potato with increased beta carotone content — is under way ...
Genetic engineering gave us COVID vaccines. Here’s how they work, and why you shouldn’t be frightened
We’ve all heard the conspiracy theories about COVID-19. Now a whole new set is emerging around COVID vaccines — and spreading ...
FDA aims to combat GMO misinformation with crop biotech high-school curriculum
Though a new curriculum guide offers high school teachers helpful tools for navigating the complexities of crop biotechnology and a ...
Global crop yields projected to drop as temperatures rise, new study finds
The warmer temperatures associated with climate change are projected to significantly reduce yields of the world’s staple food crops, a ...
Italy and Israel bet on GM microalgae to develop edible COVID vaccine
The rush to develop a vaccine for COVID-19 has extended to Italy and Israel, where scientists are using the tools ...
Top 5 most promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates
More than 100 vaccine efforts are currently underway in the global push to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the ...
African science steps up to COVID challenge
As the coronavirus spreads across Africa, launching a pandemic that the World Health Organization (WHO) warns could “smolder” for years, ...
Did COVID-19 escape from a lab?
A frenzy of speculation has arisen around the idea that the novel coronavirus responsible for the global COVID-19 pandemic might ...
