Top news of the week: 08.04.2021.
Food And Agriculture
While COVID held our attention in a vice grip, 2020 brought some major crop biotech breakthroughs
This month marked one year since the COVID-19 pandemic turned life upside down around the world. The anniversary wasn’t exactly a celebratory milestone,
Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 1: Has pesticide use decreased?
In 1962, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring drew attention to pesticides and their possible dangers to humans, birds, mammals and the environment. Some of her conclusions and warnings
Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 2: Have pesticides improved?
In Part 1 of this series, we showed that pesticide use has decreased dramatically per unit of food and fiber produced, as well as decreasing on a per capita basis (per person fed), even as ...
GenLive: Synthetic Biology and the Future of Food, Fashion and Pharma
The synthetic biology revolution is here! Synbio, as the field is known, will undoubtedly influence the future of industries from agriculture to biopharma to fashion. The innovations—which ...
Improving Nutrition in the Developing World with GMOs
Hunger and undernourishment are an unfortunate reality for approximately 795 million people around the world. Researchers can help to meet these nutritional needs by producing genetically ...
Corteva Agriscience Collaborates with Ginkgo Bioworks to Bolster Crop Protection
Corteva will leverage Ginkgo’s synthetic biology platform to develop sustainable crop protection solutions, addressing food insecurity and growing pest resistance challenges ...
Did you hear the story about the GMO that almost destroyed the world?
An old myth has resurfaced that a GMO almost destroyed all life on Earth — but what's the real story?
An Interview with Ginkgo Bioworks’ Reshma Shetty On Co-Founding Synthetic Biology’s First Unicorn
In co-founding Ginkgo Bioworks, Reshma Shetty has helped enable the entire synthetic biology industry while inspiring a generation of new biological engineers. Here’s what she told me about ...