Top news of the week: 22.05.2022.
Food And Agriculture
How genetic engineering is creating more nutritious, healthier food and protecting crops from ravaging diseases
Despite the objections and protestations of the anti-GMO advocates who equate genetic engineering with “Frankenfoods” and utilize fear and scare tactics to
Gene editing key to sustainable agriculture in Africa, scientists say
Africa must update its regulations to accommodate the gene-edited crops needed to sustainably intensify agriculture to feed the continent’s growing
Building a Bottom-Up Bioeconomy
Engineering biology could play a critical role in creating a sustainable, resilient, and equitable bioeconomy, but getting there requires reimagining industrialization itself.
African farmers need GMOs more than other farmers in the world - Ghanaian scientist
Ghanaian plant geneticist and founding director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement of the University of Ghana, Professor Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, says smallholder farmers in ...
The reinvention of agriculture
Many people still have an outdated notion of what farming entails and are unaware how much it involves high technology. Even traditional tools like giant
From glowing flowers to decomposing buildings – it was an illuminating week for biotech in the Bay Area
Senior Biomedical Engineer Ellen Simmons gets back on the live conference trail with a visit to Built With Biology, formerly SynBioBeta.
SynBio Coalition Announces Eight New Members Representing Leading Biotechnology Companies, Universities
The new members include Checkerspot, Geltor, SaponiQx, Swiftscale Biologics, Solugen, Northeastern University, Northwestern University, and Oak Ridge National …