Large US Study Says No Link Between Glyphosate and Cancer |
 A large, prospective cohort study conducted among agricultural workers, farmers and their families in Iowa and North Carolina in the United States reports that there are no associations between glyphosate use and overall cancer risk or with total lymphohematopoietic cancers, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and multiple myeloma.
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Discovery Brings Scientists One Step Closer to Crops with Twice the Yields |
 Scientists from Wageningen University and Research have found natural genetic variation for photosynthesis in plants and are unravelling it to the DNA level. Led by Mark Aarts and Jeremy Harbinson, the research team has shown that thale cress has various genes involved in adaptation to the changes in the amount of light to which plants are exposed.
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Development of Low Cadmium Elite Indica Rice Cultivars via CRISPR-Cas9 |
 Rice grain with excessive cadmium (Cd) is a serious threat to health for people who consume rice as a staple food. However, the development of elite rice cultivars with consistently low Cd content is challenging for conventional breeding approaches. Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center researchers reported the development of new indica rice lines with low Cd accumulation and no transgenes. The team knocked-out the metal transporter gene OsNramp5 using the CRISPR-Cas9 system.
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| A monthly update on gene drive research and development provided by ISAAA in collaboration with the Outreach Network for Gene Drive Research |
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Scientists from Ohio State University and Italian National Agency for New Technologies have developed a "golden" potato with improved levels of vitamins A and E. The result of their study is published in PLOS ONE journal.
