Top news of the week: 11.08.2020.
#Biotechnology #synbio #geneediting #crispr #25YearsofGMO #startups #venturecapital #vc
Food And Agriculture
In effort to block Philippines' GMO Golden Rice, activists falsely link nutrition-enhanced staple to COVID https://t.co/sLN09uAKOW
OpenIn effort to block Philippines’ GMO Golden Rice, activists falsely link nutrition-enhanced staple to COVID
nti-biotech groups in the Philippines are trying to link the COVID-19 pandemic to Golden Rice as part of a week-long effort to derail commercialization
RT @BioBeef: Biotechnology Could Change the Cattle Industry. Will it Succeed? @John_B_Cole @Maci_Mueller @JoeyOwen18 @Jason_lin08 @AlokPatelMD @BoHarstine @RalucaUF @Recombinetics @ayoung1411 @thedairyoffice @Fergenetics @ucanr @ucdavis @ucdavisvetmed https://t.co/2v5Ng5I7Mc via @undarkmag
OpenBiotechnology Could Change the Cattle Industry. Will it Succeed?
Gene editing could help scientists produce cows that are meatier and better for the planet. But many hurdles remain.
RT @GeneticLiteracy: From fighting COVID-19 to making healthy fruits and vegetables more palatable, CRISPR has made a lot of headway in just 7 years. https://t.co/Fb0s0b4suN @genengnews
OpenJust 7 years old, CRISPR gene editing is making food more nutritious and battling COVID
Just seven years ago, the Broad Institute’s Feng Zhang, PhD, and Harvard geneticist George Church, PhD, separately demonstrated that in human cell
With erratic weather impacting farm yields, India cannot go back to traditional agriculture. https://t.co/k1RmiHVVnM @AgriculturePost
OpenViewpoint: GMO crops are safe and nutritious. India needs them to feed itself
The need to increase agricultural productivity without increasing the area under cultivation to support our increasing demand for quality food remains a
Will programming a cell ever be as easy as programming an app? The promised democratization of biology plays out as industry frontrunners consolidate early leads and bio-preneurs consider the sheer breadth of opportunity https://t.co/7ypzggvtAP @MattyKirsh @Zymergen #synbio
OpenWill programming a cell ever be as easy as programming an app?
The promised democratization of biology plays out as industry frontrunners consolidate early leads and bio-preneurs consider the sheer breadth of opportunity
RT @KenyattaUni: KU Lecturer Prof. Steven Runo wins huge award for reining in lethal cereal killer
https://t.co/YJ4PyGmYAs
OpenLecturer wins huge award for reining in lethal cereal killer
Kenyatta University lecturer Prof Runo bags the Royal Society Africa prize for taming deadly cereal killer.
It takes about 13 years and 135 million dollars to bring a new GMO to market. What's involved in that? As a case study, take a look at the non-browning GM apple. From inspiration and concept through getting to market, there's a lot involved. #25YearsofGMO https://t.co/E8YAAw714S https://t.co/GWuCXJYDIw
OpenNonbrowning GMO Apples: From Concept To Produce Shelves
As a healthy snack to appeal to consumers and a solution to reduce food waste, OSF president and founder Neal Carter explains the development of nonbrowning Arctic® apples over the past 20 ...
DCVC is launching their next $350 million fund to tackle trillion-dollar problems with #biotechnology https://t.co/NeYcCEMHcz
@2kstead @mattocko @DCVC @zackbogue @annafokina @DCVCBio #startups #vc #venturecapital #synbio
OpenLife sciences and Deep Tech: The next set of solutions to the next set of problems
Today we’re excited to announce the close of DCVC Bio II, a $350 million early stage fund raised entirely during the global pandemic and focused on Deep Tech-enabled life sciences companies ...