Canadian Researchers Use Algae to Produce COVID-19 Test Kits |
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Researchers at Canada's Western University and Suncor have teamed up to produce serological test kits for COVID-19. PhD candidates Daniel Giguere and Sam Slattery are developing algae as a production factory to make the necessary proteins to identify COVID-19 antibodies in people who were previously infected with the disease.
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Scientists a Step Closer to Heat-tolerant Wheat |
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Plants' Rubisco activase (Rca) act like smart thermostats that tell air conditioners to switch on when the sun bears down during summer days. Rca tells the plant's energy-producing enzyme (Rubisco) to kick on when the sun is shining and signals it to stop when the leaf is deprived of light to conserve energy. A team from Lancaster University has discovered that swapping just one molecular building block out of 380 that makes up the Rca in wheat enables it to activate Rubisco faster in hotter temperatures, suggesting an opportunity to help protect crops from rising temperatures.
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Food Security Expert Says COVID-19 Pandemic Calls for Reassessment of Food Systems |
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Science Media Centre Malaysia (SMC), in collaboration with ISAAA, The Petri Dish, and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) hosted a webinar on the Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems. The webinar had four panelists, ISAAA Global Coordinator Dr. Mahaletchumy Arujanan; Professor Dr. Paul S. Teng, Adjunct Senior Fellow (Food Security) at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore; Associate Professor Dr. Shaufique Fahmi Ahmad Sidique, Director of the Institute of Agriculture and Food Policy Studies UPM; and the Design Director of Eats Shoots and Roots, Shao-Lyn Low. The four panelists are experts on food security, biotechnology, and urban farming.
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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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GM APPROVAL UPDATES |
- The Philippines approved the canola event LBFLFK for food, feed, and processing.
- The Philippines approved the cotton event GFM cry1A for commercial cultivation.
- Brazil approved the wheat event HB4 for commercial cultivation.
- The Philippines approved the soybean event GMB 151 for food, feed, and processing.
- The Philippines approved the eggplant event EE-1 for cultivation
- The USA approved the canola event MON94100 for food and feed.
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