If the European Union wants to fully utilize the genetic potential of crops, new breeding technologies (NBTs) should be treated no differently than traditional breeding methods. An unnecessarily burdensome approval procedure is illogical and counterproductive, especially during a time of rapidly increasing food prices and global geopolitical conflicts that disrupt supply chains.
— Read on geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/05/03/europe-dragging-its-feet-on-crispr-deregulation-assessment-heres-how-the-process-has-been-politicized/
Tag Archives: CRISPR
Scientists Created an ‘On-Off Switch’ for Gene Editing | IE
CRISPR changes are now fully reversible, and the world will never be the same.
— Read on interestingengineering.com/science/crispr-breakthrough-scientists-can-now-turn-genes-on-and-off-at-whim
Gene editing poised to rescue banana production from plant disease sweeping through Central America – Genetic Literacy Project
There are more than a thousand types of bananas in the world. But one variety, the Cavendish, is ubiquitous in supermarkets and makes up the vast majority of the 10 billion bananas imported into the U.S. each year. It’s also at risk of disappearing.
— Read on geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/02/20/gene-editing-poised-to-rescue-banana-production-from-plant-disease-sweeping-through-central-america/
Viewpoint: ‘One of the greatest human accomplishments’ — GM insect-resistant cowpea quintuples yields without pesticides – Genetic Literacy Project
African farmers, especially smallholders, will need to achieve much higher yields than they do today. Fulfilling this will require concerted efforts across all aspects of the food system, but advanced crop innovations can make an important contribution, especially as growing conditions are becoming more extreme and erratic as a result of climate change.
— Read on geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/02/06/viewpoint-one-of-the-greatest-human-accomplishments-gm-insect-resistant-cowpea-quintuples-yields-without-pesticides/
Podcast: Gene-edited mixed salad greens are coming in 2023, one of the first CRISPR foods to be released – Genetic Literacy Project
There was quite a bit of buzz when the idea of gene edited crops first became public. But what can this technology mean to agriculture? The idea of a precise way to turn genes on and off in plants opens the door to a wide range of innovations, but how long will it take to come to market? How about 2023?
— Read on geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/02/06/podcast-gene-edited-mixed-salad-greens-are-coming-in-2023-one-of-the-first-crispr-foods-to-be-released/
Recent advances in crop transformation technologies | Nature Plants
Agriculture is experiencing a technological inflection point in its history, while also facing unprecedented challenges posed by human population growth and global climate changes. Key advancements in precise genome editing and new methods for rapid generation of bioengineered crops promise to both revolutionize the speed and breadth of breeding programmes and increase our ability to feed and sustain human population growth. Although genome editing enables targeted and specific modifications of DNA sequences, several existing barriers prevent the widespread adoption of editing technologies for basic and applied research in established and emerging crop species. Inefficient methods for the transformation and regeneration of recalcitrant species and the genotype dependency of the transformation process remain major hurdles. These limitations are frequent in monocotyledonous crops, which alone provide most of the calories consumed by human populations. Somatic embryogenesis and de novo induction of meristems — pluripotent groups of stem cells responsible for plant developmental plasticity — are essential strategies to quickly generate transformed plants. Here we review recent discoveries that are rapidly advancing nuclear transformation technologies and promise to overcome the obstacles that have so far impeded the widespread adoption of genome editing in crop species. This Perspective reviews recent advances in crop transformation technologies that promise to lead to the widespread adoption of genome editing in crop species.
— Read on www.nature.com/articles/s41477-022-01295-8
7 ways CRISPR gene editing could transform food – Genetic Literacy Project
Here are some of the ways scientists are using CRISPR to create healthier, more appealing, and more resilient foods — putting us closer to a future in which every person not only has access to the healthy foods they need, but actually wants to eat those foods, too.
— Read on geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/11/14/7-ways-crispr-gene-editing-could-transform-food/
80% of EU citizens recognize differences between gene edited crops and GMOs. What does that mean for CRISPR crop regulations? – Genetic Literacy Project
Four out of five European citizens recognize the profound differences between new breeding techniques like gene-editing and the old GMOs.
— Read on geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/10/17/80-of-eu-citizens-recognize-differences-between-gene-edited-crops-and-gmos-heres-what-that-means-for-crispr-crop-regulations/
CRISPR-pedia: Everything you need to know about gene-editing our way to a lower-carbon, more productive farming future – Genetic Literacy Project
The world population is growing. At the same time, climate change is making it more difficult to grow many important food crops. So, researchers and farmers need to figure out how to adapt agriculture to changing, and sometimes increasingly harsh environmental conditions.
— Read on geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/10/04/crispr-pedia-everything-you-need-to-know-about-gene-editing-our-way-to-a-lower-carbon-more-productive-farming-future/
CRISPR is revolutionizing agriculture but modifying fruit remains challenging. Here’s how scientists are working to overcome that barrier – Genetic Literacy Project
One of the major advantages of CRISPR-CAS-edited crops over the classic genetically modified (GM) crops is that the former does not contain any foreign DNA, making them indistinguishable from those developed by conventional plant breeding.
— Read on geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/09/22/crispr-is-revolutionizing-agriculture-but-modifying-fruit-remains-challenging-heres-how-scientists-are-working-to-overcome-that-barrier/
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