The first CRISPR meal, featuring genetically altered cabbage Can the gene editing technique redeem the reputation of engineered crops? SARAH ZHANG SEP 19, 2016 A few weeks ago, Stefan Jansson, a Swedish plant biologist, sat down to a plate of pasta with cabbage harvested from his garden. This cabbage was like none any human had eaten before; its DNA had been edited via a much-hyped...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 By Otiato Guguyu The National Biosafety Authority has approved the release of genetically modified cotton for environmental trials. This follows the application for the release by Monsanto Kenya Ltd last year, seeking approval for environmental release through the national performance trials. Monsanto will now be required to conduct an environmental impact assessment of the...
The technical sub-committee of India’s Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) has said that biotech mustard (Dhara Mustard Hybrid 11 or DMH-11) does not “raise any public health or safety concerns for human beings or animals.” The sub-committee evaluated the safety of the crop and released the Assessment of Food and Environmental Safety (AFES) report published in the...
Tuesday, August 02, 2016 THE Metrobank Foundation Inc. (MBFI) has announced the winners of the 2016 Search for Outstanding Teachers (SOT). Composed of four elementary, four secondary public school teachers, and two professors from the higher education level, the winners join the rank of 346 outstanding teachers who have been honored by the Foundation since 1985. They will be conferred with...
Cornell University online GMO course- free & enrollment open Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am part of the teaching team on Cornell University’s new edX Massive Open Online Course, “Science and Politics of the GMO.” This is a Cornell course free to anyone, anywhere with an internet connection. Enrollment for the course is now open, and instruction begins Sept. 13. We want to...
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New USAID STRIDE Advanced Research Scholarships DEADLINE: October 15, 2016 Dear STRIDE Stakeholder and Partner: The Science, Technology, Research, and Innovation for Development (STRIDE) is the flagship science and technology program by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Philippines that will spur inclusive economic growth by...
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by Dr. Emil Javier July 31, 2016 (updated) After so much anguish and frustration, this week’s decision of the Supreme Court (SC) reversing itself on the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) talong case came as a most welcome surprise to farmers and livestock raisers, the public regulators, and the science community. Voting previously 12 versus zero, with three justices not participating, who would...
A year after the genetically modified Friendly™ Aedes mosquitoes were launched in Piracicaba, Brazil, the Epidemiologic Surveillance service released new data which showed a 91% reduction in dengue fever cases in the CECAP/El Dorado District. Dengue fever cases decreased to just 12 in 2015/2016, against the 133 cases in the previous year. According to Epidemiologic Surveillance, the rest of the...
By Joel Achenbach June 29, 2016 More than 100 Nobel laureates have signed a letter urging Greenpeace to end its opposition to genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The letter asks Greenpeace to cease its efforts to block introduction of a genetically engineered strain of rice that supporters say could reduce Vitamin-A deficiencies causing blindness and death in children in the developing...
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