Rice and maize yields boosted up to 10 per cent by CRISPR gene editing
24 March 2022
It is possible to significantly boost the yield of rice and maize using CRISPR gene editing, trials in farm fields show
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Gene-edited food is 5 years away in England, says government scientist
20 January 2022
The UK parliament passed a law to help researchers do trials of gene-edited crops in England, and the chief scientist at the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs says it would take at least five years for a product to go from research...
UK gene-edited food plans must not harm animal welfare, say ethicists
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Tomato is first CRISPR-edited food to go on sale in the world
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A tomato with higher levels of a nutrient linked to reduced stress can now be bought in Japan – it is the first CRISPR-edited food in the world to be launched commercially
UK may allow gene editing of crops and livestock following Brexit
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The UK government is exploring the use of gene editing to modify food crops because the technique can improve the nutrition of crops through tiny DNA changes
Cattle are being gene edited to help them survive climate change
5 October 2020
This calf has grey patches on its skin instead of black as a result of CRISPR gene editing. The hope is that it will make it more resistant to heat stress from global warming
CRISPR-edited chickens made resistant to a common virus
20 January 2020
CRISPR gene editing has created chickens that resist a common virus. It may be possible to use the same technique to make poultry resistant to bird flu too
It's official: gene-edited products will be classed as GMOs in the EU
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The European Court of Justice has just ruled that organisms created by any new methods for tweaking the DNA are subject to the same laws that govern GM ones
The second great battle for the future of our food is underway
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First it was GM food. Now battle lines are being drawn over whether crops and animals modified with CRISPR gene-editing can make it on to supermarket shelves
