Earth Watch 25 June 2019 This week's Earth Watch on the Sojourner Truth show on KPFK Pacifica Los Angeles features Campaign to STOP GE Trees Coordinator Anne Petermann reporting from the 2019 … [Read more...]
Earth Minute: “Editing” the Genomes of Trees for Industrial Profits with CRISPR
This week's Earth Minute features Ruddy Turnstone of GJEP and the Campaign to STOP GE Trees reporting from the 2019 IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference in Raleigh, NC about the promotion of CRISPR, an … [Read more...]
Blog Post #1: 2019 IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference Gets Underwhelmingly Underway
And now to Raleigh... 24 June 2019; by Anne Petermann The opening of the 2019 IUFRO Tree Biotechnology conference was a bizzare mix. It was part plea for help, part slick advertising campaign, … [Read more...]
CRISPR linked to evolution of editing-resistant geminiviruses
Linking CRISPR-Cas9 interference in cassava to the evolution of editing-resistant geminiviruses https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-019-1678-3#Abstract Published 25 … [Read more...]
European Court of Justice Closes CRISPR Loophole, Rules That Organisms Produced by New Gene Technologies are GMOs
European Court of Justice Closes CRISPR Loophole, Rules That Organisms Produced by New Gene Technologies are GMOs Landmark Decision Should Inform New US Biotechnology Regulations Statement … [Read more...]
Breaking: European Court Placing Gene Editing Technique Under GMO Law
BREAKING: European Court Places Gene Editing Technique Under GMO Law This ruling could result in the declaration of gene edited trees or seeds imported into Europe as GMOs. - Campaign … [Read more...]
‘Gene Drives’ Are Too Risky For Field Trials, Scientists Say
By CARL ZIMMER Originally Published on NYTimes.com In 2013, scientists discovered a new way to precisely edit genes — technology called Crispr that raised all sorts of enticing … [Read more...]
Gene Drives: The Scientific Case for a Complete and Perpetual Ban
Several of the new technologies mentioned in this report are being used in the genetic engineering of trees such as the American chestnut. This article from Independent Science News gives a thorough … [Read more...]
160 Groups Call for Moratorium on New Genetic Extinction Technology at UN Convention
Global Justice Ecology Project co-signed on the letter related to this SynBioWatch release. CANCUN, MEXICO – This week, international conservation and environmental leaders are calling on … [Read more...]
Organic Standards Will Exclude Next Generation of GMOs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Organic Standards Board voted unanimously on Friday to update U.S. organic standards to exclude ingredients derived from next generation genetic engineering and gene … [Read more...]
