Biotech Updates

As modern biotechnology rapidly moves forward, ISAAA continues to share the latest cutting-edge biotechnologies to its network of stakeholders and beneficiaries with its most recent publication about new breeding innovations and their impact on global challenges.

Nigeria and Partners Launch Bt Cowpea Nutrition Outreach

Nigeria's National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) and the Foreign Agricultural Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have rolled out a nutrition outreach program aimed at increasing consumption and boosting the demand of genetically modified Bt cowpea in the country.

Researchers in Japan Invent Mask that Glows When Exposed to Coronavirus

A team of scientists at Kyoto Prefectural University headed by its president, Yasuhiro Tsukamoto, has developed masks that glow when exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light if they contain traces of the COVID-19 coronavirus, using antibodies extracted from ostrich eggs.

CRISPR Experts Introduce Twin Prime Editing

Experts from the Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard successfully designed a new type of prime editing that can install or swap out gene-sized DNA sequences. This breakthrough is published in Nature Biotechnology.