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EPA Issues New Regulations for Gene-Edited Crops

Countries have been setting up regulations to deal with gene-edited crops such as CRISPR. While some countries have treated gene-edited crops as traditional GM crops from a regulatory standpoint, the…

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GMO Tomatoes Could Be Returning After 25 Years. Will People Eat Them?

DR. Cathie Martin, a public scientist at the John Innes Center in England, developed a purple tomato that has high levels of anthocyanins. Anthocyanins have antioxidative and antimicrobial activities…

Months from sequence to first human study — SARS 20, Influenza A/Indonesia 12, A/California 4, Zika 3, COVID-19 2

Plant Pandemics

Covid 19 has made the potential for human pandemics clear to us. We saw the value of biotechnology in quickly creating vaccines in our efforts to overcome covid. The European Union actually relaxed…

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National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Law Goes Into Effect

The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Law requires the labeling of bioengineered foods, which much of the public knows as GMOs. The law was passed in June of 2016 near the end of the Obama…

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Philippines Becomes First Country to Approve Nutrient-Enriched “Golden Rice” for Planting

The Philippines have become the first country to approve Golden Rice. Golden Rice has been genetically engineered to produce beta-carotene, the precursor of vitamin A. Humans can convert…

Two women beside text: GM crops and the global divide — Thursday, April 29, 10 am EDT, AfS LIVE

Interview With Jennifer Thomson, Author of GM Crops and the Global Divide

Dr. Jennifer Thompson is a Emeritus Professor of Microbiology in the Molecular and Cell Biology department at the University of Cape Town. She developed a GM maize that is resistanct to maize streak…

Months from sequence to first human study — SARS 20, Influenza A/Indonesia 12, A/California 4, Zika 3, COVID-19 2

Plant Pandemics

COVID-19 has made the potential for human pandemics clear to us. We saw the value of biotechnology in quickly creating vaccines in our efforts to overcome COVID-19. The European Union actually…

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A Special Issue of the Journal of Regulatory Science on Genetically Modified Organisms

The Journal of Regulatory Science published a special issue on Genetically Modified Organisms on January 5, 2021. The Journal of Regulatory Science is a peer-reviewed online open-access journal…

ISAAA WEBINARS — GLOBAL IMPACT OF GM CROPS, Wed Jul 15, 2020, 8:00 PM (GMT+8), via Zoom

ISAAA Report on the Economic and Environmental Impact of Genetically Modified (GM) Crop Globally for the Past 23 Years

The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) released a report by PG Economics' on the economic and environmental impact of genetically modified (GM) crops…

Perspectives on the new USDA regulations for GM crops — GES Colloquium, Fri June 5 12pm, Zoom, NCSU

US Revamps Genetic Engineering Rule

Recently USDA released a new regulatory pathway process for bioengineered crops as a result of the Modernizing the Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology Products Executive Order. The…