Dr. Margaret Karembu has conferred a Presidential award in recognition of her tireless effort over the last two decades to improve science communication and appreciation of modern biotechnology tools for national development.
The Agriculture Minister of France Julien Denormandie said in an interview that France sees crops developed using gene editing techniques as different to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and opposes a European Union court decision placing them under strict GMO regulations.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and US Department of Health and Human Services signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) finalizing the joint roles of the USDA and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in regulating products derived from animal biotechnology.
Modern gene-editing tools such as TALENs and CRISPR-Cas9 can be used to move towards a chemical-free approach for disease resistance while saving the environment. This is according to Krishan Mohan Rai and Harpal Singh's chapter in the book Genome Engineering for Crop Improvement released this month.
