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Genome editing may be one of the solutions to address climate change. A September 2020 report by the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF),Gene Editing for the Climate: Biological Solutions for Curbing Greenhouse Emissions, emphasizes that gene-editing technology could be used to develop clean energy and climate solutions that policymakers have to date under-emphasized. CRISPR and the newer gene-editing applications are also being used to address food issues by reducing apple or potato browning and tomato softening to extend the shelf life of produce.

One summer day almost 20 years ago, a group of protestors arrived at a plot of genetically modified corn growing near the town of Montelimar in southern France. They were led by Jos Bov, a left-wing activist famous for his skirmishes with the law and his tremendous moustache

With an ever-growing CRISPR genome-editing toolbox, scientists are creating crops that can resist diseases and pests, withstand global warming, and offer better nutrition.

CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing is one of the most powerful tools available to modern science, but genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) in food are subject to some tight regulations.

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Plant diseases arguably pose the biggest threat to agriculture, exacting a dramatic economic toll and endangering the livelihoods of farmers all over the world, writes Steven Cerier in this article published by Genetic Literacy Project (GLP). Cerier says in his article that fortunately, powerful innovations in plant genetics are inoculating globally important food crops against these devastating diseases

Britain is really good at biology. In physics and chemistry, or painting and music, we have often failed to match the Germans, the French or the Italians.

Agriculture is responsible for the production of a quarter of the total human-generated greenhouse gases.

A revolution is taking place in the knowledge base for life sciences and biotechnology, opening up new applications in healthcare, agriculture, and environmental protection.

A heated battle over the future of animal gene-editing in the US has intensified following the publication of dueling articles from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the editorial board of the journal Nature Biotechnology. In an analysis of genome-edited cattle and an accompanying letter to the editor, the FDA defended its proposal to regulate gene-edited animals as veterinary drugs, arguing the regulation would help prevent unintended consequences that could arise from the use of new breeding techniques such as CRISPR-Cas9. Nature responded in a sharply wordededitorial claiming the agencys proposal is at odds with the evidence, and saying it appears primarily designed to avoid legal battles with litigious anti-GMO groups

In the wake of the Conservative Partys crushing victory in the election in the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is poised to navigate Britains exit from the European Union. Once out of the EU, the UK could regain full control over its laws and regulations. And that might open the door to a reversal on what scientists consider its backward-looking policies on GMOs and CRISPR gene editing in agriculture

On the 12th of December, the United Kingdom will hold a general election. With the UKs exit from the European Union (Brexit) remaining unresolved, tensions are as high as ever

When Ben Campbell started out with The New York Produce Show and Conference, he was a professor at the University of Connecticut. During the event, Ben and his students participated in ourUniversity Interchangeprogram, which provides a forum for university professors to share cutting-edge research with the trade and thus help fulfill their mission to disseminate knowledge, while also providing an educational and mentorship program for students. He found the program so valuable, that when he moved on to the University of Georgia he asked if we would expand the program.

Women wait with their malaria-struck babies for treatment in Angola.

The race to engineer the next-generation banana is on.

In Florida and Texas, the invasive Aedes aegypti mosquito has posed a serious health threat, carrying the Zika and dengue virus into the state.

Scientists have used a popular gene editing tool called CRISPR to snip out a tiny piece of DNA from one particular gene in a white button mushroom.

JOHNSTON, Iowa Green stalks have only just begun to sprout in the test fields where biotech giant DuPont Pioneer is planting rows of a new genetically edited corn.

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Kandace Cahill, founder and director of Well Woman Acupuncture, in her Boulder office on Tuesday. (Paul Aiken / Staff Photographer) Boulder-based Well Woman Acupuncture is a woman-owned health clinic specifically designed to treat women using a combination of western and Chinese medicine. Founded in 2006, Well Woman just expanded to Longmont with a clinic at 738 Coffman St.

IMAGE:This is a figure depicting four regulatory models for genome-edited crops. view more Credit: Araki, M. and Ishii, T./Trends in Plant Science 2015 A survey of rice, wheat, barley, fruit, and vegetable crops found that most mutants created by advanced genetic engineering techniques may be out of the scope of current genetically modified organism (GMO) regulations.

13 hours ago This is a figure depicting four regulatory models for genome-edited crops. Credit: Araki, M

Chuck Bednar for redOrbit.com @BednarChuck As a general rule, humans like to know exactly what it is that theyre eating. In the past, this was an easy task you could pick up a tomato, a can of corn and a pack of ground beef and be fairly confident that you knew where they came from

January 24, 2015 (GMO growing facility.

Germanys Environment Ministry is hoping for a complete ban on green genetic engineering,but a Green party assessment warns that upcoming free trade agreements like TTIP and CETA could still bring genetically modified plants to the European market. EurActiv Germany reports