Top news of the week: 21.09.2021.
Food And Agriculture
GMO eggplant is documented win for resource-poor farmers
Insect-resistant brinjal, or eggplant, is arguably the most impactful project to bring agricultural biotechnology to resource-poor farmers. Studies show that Bangladesh farmers, who began ...
Uganda’s costly dithering on GMOs
Uganda has a very extensive research and confined field-testing program for GMO crops that include disease-resistant potatoes, cassava and bananas, vitamin
Record $15 Billion SPAC Merger Just Happened For A Technology You've Never Heard Of
Ginkgo's $15 billion pre-money equity valuation is one of the largest SPAC deals in history. Appropriately, the company plans to trade under the ticker symbols, $DNA
Biotechnology Can Fight Climate Change—But Trade Negotiators Need to Act | Opinion
Advances in biotechnology, especially within the agricultural sector, can help us overcome the immense, interconnected challenges of climate change and global hunger.
Good Day BIO: Fighting climate change and superbugs
Starting the new week—and the UN General Assembly—with a focus on two of our world’s most pressing issues: climate change and antimicrobial resistance. Luckily, biotechnology offers ...
Is the New York Times Finally ‘Learning To Love GMOs’?
Though recent coverage suggests a welcome turnaround for the Gray Lady, we have a long way to go before science and innovation come first for the New York Times.
President Biden Nominates Elaine Trevino as USTR Chief Ag Negotiator
This week ASA, along with several other U.S. agriculture and biofuels groups, asked that current legislative proposals before the FY22 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) …
Ginkgo Bioworks’ Ferment Consortium Launches Verb Biotics, a Probiotics Innovation Company to Address Market Demands for Effective Probiotics
By leveraging Ginkgo’s platform for cell programming, Verb Biotics will develop differentiated probiotic products for the nutrition, health, and wellness industries BOSTON, Sept. 9, ...