Top news of the week: 28.07.2020.
#SDGs #geneediting #CRISPR #genomeediting #sustainability #GlobalGoals #ClimateChange #PlantScience #poverty #hunger
Food And Agriculture
If there is no fundamental change in irrigation, fertilization, pest control and efficiency in agriculture, we can’t support the world’s growing population. Nanotechnology could help. https://t.co/xwAbTMsv9s @wu_vienna
OpenNanotechnology helps farmers battle drought, pests but GMO rules could slow adoption
griculture is responsible for 75% of global deforestation, 70% of water consumption and 30% of greenhouse gas emissions. The expected population growth to
It took 30 years to show that the only difference between transgenic and non-transgenic salmon is the intended difference: their growth rate. https://t.co/UbfODvgfWb @LluisMontoliu
OpenViewpoint: Fast-growing GMO salmon poised to hit US stores in 2020, but why did it take 30 years?
n a few months, the first transgenic (GMO) salmon will be sold in the US, produced in an AquaBounty farms facility in Indiana. The story will go
Good decision: Cuba silently opens its door to GM crops amid food crisis https://t.co/xgTOsmKy4x
OpenCuba opens door to GM crops amid food crisis
Cuba officially opened this Thursday the door to transgenic crops as a “complement to conventional agriculture,” in the midst of
Agricultural technology key to protecting nature and preventing pandemics https://t.co/kVxsl2ichh via @ScienceAlly
OpenAgricultural technology key to protecting nature and preventing pandemics
Scientists are urging governments across the globe to adopt biotechnology to reduce agriculture’s impact on the environment and slow the emergence of new diseases like COVID-19.
Podcast: Homeopathic 'drug' passes peer review; EU: GMO crops bad, GMO medicine good; Wine industry wants CRISPR @camjenglish @kevinfolta https://t.co/yGHZ2tNTvi
OpenPodcast: Homeopathic ‘drug’ passes peer review; EU: GMO crops bad, GMO medicine good; Wine industry wants CRISPR
Research validating a homeopathic 'drug' for erectile function was published in a peer-reviewed science journal. Europe's Green Party opposes genetic
A Crispr Calf Is Born. It's Definitely a Boy
UC Davis scientists spent years editing a sex-determining gene into bovine embryos. In April, Cosmo arrived—and his DNA reveals how far the field has to go. https://t.co/71Ep9iNwfP via @wired
OpenA Crispr Calf Is Born. It's Definitely a Boy
UC Davis scientists spent years editing a sex-determining gene into bovine embryos. In April, Cosmo arrived—and his DNA reveals how far the field has to go.
Why the Sustainable Development Goals Matter to the Plant Science Industry - read the new blog post from our President and CEO @giuliaditommaso on @farmingfirst website. #SDGs #sustainability https://t.co/6lYLwccx5u
OpenWhy the Sustainable Development Goals Matter to the Plant Science Industry
Giulia Di Tommaso, President and CEO of CropLife International, discusses the prevailing importance of the Sustainable Development Goals in tackling global issues including hunger, poverty ...
RT @CRISPR_News: Meet Cosmo, a bull calf designed with CRISPR to produce 75% male offspring - @ucdavis https://t.co/ufLlAG2EdD
OpenMeet Cosmo, a Bull Calf Designed to Produce 75% Male Offspring
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have successfully produced a bull calf, named Cosmo, who was genome-edited as an embryo so that he’ll produce more male offspring. The ...