Tag: agriculture
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Organ Transplant Start-Up Gains $38M in Early Funds
A one year-old company applying genome editing to make animal organs fit for human transplantation is raising $38 million its first venture funding round.
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Report: More Biotech Regulations Needed, and Soon
A new report from the National Academies calls for a more robust and responsive regulatory system to handle an anticipated flood of biotechnology products.
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Process Converts Food Waste to Auto Tire Materials
Agricultural scientists in Ohio are developing a process for converting common food waste into materials used in car tires, and filed a patent for these techniques.
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Genome Editing Builds Viral Disease Resistance in Pigs
Veterinary researchers used Crispr-Cas9, an emerging genome editing technique, to produce pigs with cells resistant to a common viral disease affecting commercial herds.
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News Blackout Imposed on U.S. Science Agencies [Updated]
Multiple news services today are reporting that the Trump administration is ordering several U.S. government agencies conducting or funding scientific research to cease discussing its activities with the media or public officials.
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RNA-Nanoparticle Spray Protects Against Plant Viruses
Plant scientists combined synthetic genetic material with clay nanoparticles, which when sprayed on plants provides enduring protection against viruses.
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Solar Reactor Devised for Small-Scale Chemical Production
An engineering group developed a solar-powered catalytic reactor that can produce small amounts of drugs and agricultural chemicals on demand.
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Who Is Really Behind Efforts to Block the Medical Marijuana Industry?
Proponents of medical marijuana believe that they are safer smoking or ingesting cannabinoids than they are taking prescription drugs that carry warning after warning about potential side effects, many of which are lethal.
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U.S. Public Divided Over GM, Organic Food
The American public is almost evenly divided about the benefits of genetically-modified and organic food, with those divisions not breaking along easily defined or familiar lines.
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Algae Feed Proposed to Enrich Farm Salmon Fatty Acids
A developer of feeds for farmed salmon says its algae-based feed supplements could arrest the sharp decline in omega-3 fatty acids discovered in a recent study.