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African Countries Strive to Meet Int'l Biosafety Obligations |
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Parliamentarians and representatives from biosafety authorities gathered for the 5th Annual Biosafety Conference held on August 15-18, 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya. The theme of the conference was "Strengthening global, regional, national collaboration, partnerships and capacity towards meeting international obligations in Biosafety."
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Broad Virus Resistance in Cucumber Developed using CRISPR |
 Genome editing in plants has advanced due to the development of CRISPR/Cas9 technology. Jeyabharathy Chandrasekaran, together with other researchers from the Volcani Center in Israel, present the development of virus resistance in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) using Cas9/subgenomic RNA (sgRNA) technology to disrupt the function of the recessive eIF4E gene.
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A biweekly update on gene editing research, regulations, and impact
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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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The Swiss Academies of Sciences released a new fact sheet on New Breeding Technologies for Swiss Agriculture - Significant Potential, Uncertain Future. According to the Swiss Academies, there is no reason for a strict regulation of plants bred through 
Researchers at Murdoch University in Australia have increased the protein content of 
