Scientists Debut Coffee Developed Through Cellular Agriculture
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA TEAM of Finnish scientists was able to produce coffee cells in a bioreactor through cellular agriculture. The end-product is said to smell and taste like conventional coffee. The discovery is proof that cellular agriculture is one option to achieve sustainable food production. The scientists took to cellular agriculture as an alternative for conventional coffee […]
Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 Goes to Three Laureates for Climate Work
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHE 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three Laureates “for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems” and whose work improved the understanding of the Earth’s changing climate. The announcement was made on October 5, 2021. Syukuro Manabe demonstrated how increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere lead to increased […]
WHO recommends ground-breaking malaria vaccine for children at risk
Reading Time: 3 minutesTHE World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high P. falciparum malaria transmission. The recommendation is based on results from an ongoing pilot programme in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi that has reached more than 800 000 children since […]
Filipino Scientist Identifies Gene to Help Rice Plants Survive Drought
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDR Nonawin Lucob-Agustin of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), together with researchers from Nagoya University in Japan has discovered a mutation gene that may help rice plants survive despite adverse conditions such as drought. The team of researchers discovered the wavy root elongation growth 1 (weg1) gene, which may help rice cope with drought especially in rainfed lowlands […]
Study Shows Filipino Biotech and Organic Farmers Open to Co-Existence
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA RECENT STUDY was conducted to understand farmers’ perspectives regarding co-existing biotech and organic methods in the Philippines. The results can help policymakers develop a national agriculture agenda that takes farmers’ choice of crop and farming methods into account. Thirty-five biotech farmers and 35 organic farmers from the Philippines were interviewed to explore how farmers view the concept […]
US Scientists Embark on Developing Edible Plant-based Vaccines
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA NEW project is being pursued by scientists from the University of California Riverside to develop edible plants into mRNA vaccine factories. If successful, plants such as lettuce and spinach can produce the vaccines and be grown in backyards and even entire fields. The mRNA technology is currently being used to produce COVID-19 vaccines in plants. It works […]
Capacity Building for COPMOPs Continues for Asian Countries
Reading Time: 2 minutesMORE participants were welcomed by ISAAA in its last webinar about the upcoming Conference of the Parties-Meeting of Parties (COPMOP) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). ISAAA and its co-organizers held the webinar to accommodate more participants who are interested in making their views and opinions heard as a means of taking part in the COPMOP […]