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China Must Ensure Safety Is Paramount in Biotech Push, says AHF

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#COVID19–A Washington Post investigation has revealed an ambitious effort by China to expand its biotechnology sector significantly, with sometimes controversial research, to...

This Amazing Molecular Syringe Could Smuggle Drugs and Gene Therapies Into Human Cells

A tiny molecular syringe with bizarre origins could overhaul one of the thorniest problems in medicine: getting drugs to their target destinations inside the...

Synthetic biology for plant genetic engineering and molecular farming

Calixto J.B. The role of natural products in modern drug discovery.An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. 2019; 91e20190105Terrer C. et al.A trade-off between plant and soil...

Designing more useful bacteria

Mar 15, 2023 (Nanowerk News) In a step forward for genetic engineering and synthetic biology, researchers have modified a strain of Escherichia coli bacteria...

Exxon Ends Multi-million Dollar Support to Algae Research

ExxonMobil’s move to end its 14-year, multi-million-dollar support for research into making fuel from algae also ended years of funding for projects at the...

Scientists Say They Can Bring Back the Dodo. Should They?

With a massive beak, googly eyes, rotund body, and disproportionately small feathered tail, the dodo is iconic for all the wrong reasons. The flightless...

One Third of Americans Would Use Genetics Tech to Make Their Offspring Smarter, Study Finds

As technology advances and starts to push the idea of designer babies from the realm of science fiction into reality, concern is rising around...

The 8 Largest US Funding Rounds of January 2023

Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the largest US startup funding rounds from January 2023. I have included...

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Anthropic And Our Next Energy Raise Huge $300M Rounds

Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2023 with our new curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals...

The 10 Biggest Rounds Of January: OpenAI Starts Out The Year With A Big Bang

Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2023 with our new curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals...

Horizontal gene transfer from plant to whitefly

Abstract The recent discovery of the horizontal transfer of a toxin-neutralizing gene from plant to whitefly (Bemisia tabaci), a polyphagous insect, sparked...

Agricultural biotechnology for sustainable food security

The European Green Deal Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of...

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