Outlook into the future regulatory landscape for genome editing
Genome editing: A real promise for future agriculture Led by genome editing, new breeding techniques (NBTs) are an evolving spectrum of technologies targeting changes in …
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Are Canada’s Intellectual Property Laws Facilitating Innovation?
Is the 35-year-old Patent Act getting the job done? The 150th anniversary of Canada’s intellectual property (IP) protection passed unnoticed in 2019. Over its history, …
Deficient in Understanding Proteins?
Protein, protein, protein everywhere! In the last year, it is official, the inclusion of a seemingly new nutritional and agricultural buzzword: PROTEIN. As we are …
Genome edited crops: Great Opportunity or Great risk?
Climate change, population growth, and the rising demand for energy, water, and land are long-term issues threatening our global food security. Until we have a …
Highlights of the 23rd ICABR Conference
From June 4-7, 130 people from academia (including myself), government and industry, convened in Ravello, Italy, to share, listen and discuss the latest research on …
Understanding the Implications of Plant Digital Sequence Information
This blog is based on the ‘Governance of Digital Sequence Information and Impacts for Access and Benefit Sharing’ technical report which you can find here. …
Experts are Hopeful for More Nutritious Foods
Numerous other consumer benefits expected Over the past three years, my research team has been surveying an international panel of experts about genome editing. This …
The Dawning of a New Era in Plant Breeding
Gene Editing and Plant Biotechnology Gene editing technologies have emerged from the broader field of agricultural biotechnology, sometimes referred to as the gene revolution of …
Some Hopes and Wishes for 2018
Time keeps rolling on and we need to try to keep up For those of you who grew up listening to Prince’s song ‘1999’, it’s …
Biotech soybeans in Romania: Loss of benefits since EU accession
By Graham Brookes, PG Economics Ltd, UK When Romania joined the European Union (EU) in 2007 and adopted EU policies, its farmers were no …