GMWatch 22 February 2020 Things go wrong "more often than you would think" – scientist commenting on unwanted duplications of genetic insertions Adding to the list of problems that can occur … [Read more...]
Another Major Unintended Effect From CRISPR
Photo: GM Watch GM Watch 11 January 2020 Claire Robinson A new study reveals yet another major unintended effect from the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool – with potentially serious implications … [Read more...]
Science Supports Need to Subject Gene-Edited Plants to Strict Safety Assessments
Via GMWatch Compiled by Claire Robinson, editor, GMWatch.org. Technical advisor: Michael Antoniou, PhD, Head, Gene Expression and Therapy Group, King’s College London, UK We’ve been asked to … [Read more...]
CRISPR Inventor Calls for Regulation
"CRISPR Cas9" by National Institutes of Health (NIH) is licensed under CC PDM 1.0 One of CRISPR’s inventors has called for controls on gene-editing technology MIT Technology Review November 15, … [Read more...]
Australia Approves Release of GM and CRISPR Organisms Without Risk Assessment
Federal Government and ‘opposition’ sign off on uncontrolled genetic experiment Wednesday, 13th November 2019 Friends of the Earth is accusing the Federal Government and Labor Party of … [Read more...]
Trees, GE Trees and Nature to Save Capitalism from Itself: new report out
Raleigh exhibit depicts gasoline from genetically engineered trees. photo: Langelle/GJEP Trees to Solve the World’s Problems? From Genetically Engineered Trees for the Bioeconomy - to the Trillion … [Read more...]
Earth Radio: Reports from Tree Biotech Conference and Threats from CRISPR & GE Trees
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...]
