Dr Margaret Karembu conferred Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (MBS) by Kenyan President
Reading Time: 2 minutesDR MARGARET KAREMBU has been 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. In nominating Karembu for consideration of the award, Kenya’s National Commission for Science, Technology, and Innovation (NACOSTI) cited her strong will to withstand aggressive activism against agricultural innovations […]
USDA, FDA ink MOU on Animal Biotechnology Regulations
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHE 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. The MOU was signed on January 13, 2021, and complements USDA’s issuance of an […]
France: NBTs are not GMOs
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHE 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. In 2018, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that mutagenesis, among so-called new breeding techniques (NBT) based on […]
Rush scientists develop potential COVID-19 drug
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSCIENTISTS from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois have developed a new potential therapy for COVID-19 that has shown promising results in its lab study. The scientists used hexapeptide in mouse models that are infected with COVID-19. The peptide was nasally introduced and has shown to be effective in reducing fever, improving heart function, protecting the lungs, […]