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Kim Bremmer
shared this article 5 years ago
Topics: Fertilizer, Biotech, Plant Breeding,

It's exciting to think about a time when many crops won't require additional nitrogen. Now, can we add grass to this so we don't need to add nitrogen to our lawns and golf courses?

Making real a biotechnology dream: nitrogen-fixing cereal crops

Voigt Lab's work could eventually replace cereal crops’ need for nitrogen from chemical ...

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Jessica Acheampong
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TOPIC(S): Biotech,

12/03/2019 SOURCE: bioengineer.org

Lack of specialists doom rural sick patients

Saint Louis University research finds higher death tolls, more hospitalizations in small town USA Credit: Saint Louis University Residents of rural areas are more likely to be hospitalized and to die than those who live in cities primarily because they lack access to specialists, recent research found. The study, led by Kenton Johnston, Ph

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Jessica Acheampong
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TOPIC(S): Biotech,

12/03/2019 SOURCE: bioengineer.org

Researcher receives NSF grant to study fate of terrestrial carbon in freshwater ecosystems

Credit: PhenoCam Network Carbon serves as the building block of life — it cycles through every organism, the environment, and the atmosphere to make Earth capable of sustaining life. Freshwater ecosystems may cover less than one percent of the Earth’s surface, but they play an active role in the global carbon cycle through carbon respiration […]

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Kim Bremmer
shared this article 5 years ago
Topics: Pesticides, Agriculture Global, Biotech,

This is an interesting article that takes a realistic look at a growing concern of increasing our use of the "precautionary principle" to affect policy. We don't have to look very far in the news to see some of the consequences...40 years of science confirming the safety of glyphosate thrown out the window, protesting farmers in Germany, etc. How should we be evaluating safety? Who should win in the risk vs. hazard argument?

Who's Afraid of Roundup?

In the age of "Facebook science," the weight of evidence must compete with powerful popula...

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TOPIC(S): GMO's, Genes /Genetics, Biotech,

11/12/2019 SOURCE: www.nature.com

Genetic strategies for improving crop yields

Genetic strategies for improving the yield and sustainability of agricultural crops, and t...

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TOPIC(S): Biotech,

07/08/2019 SOURCE: www.fiercebiotech.com

Engineered bacteria prime solid tumors for immunotherapy

Arming the immune system so it can recognize and attack solid tumors has proven to be an illusive goal. Scientists at Columbia University hope to change that with an engineered form of the bacterium E

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TOPIC(S): Biotech,

07/08/2019 SOURCE: www.fiercebiotech.com

New data boost Pfizer, Sangamo hemophilia A gene therapy

Pfizer and Sangamo Therapeutics have shared an upbeat update on their hemophilia A gene therapy. The update features evidence of the durability of responses to SB-525 and an early look at results in two recently-treated patients, adding to the impression that the gene therapy is a threat to assets including BioMarin’s valrox and Spark Therapeutics’ SPK-8011

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TOPIC(S): Biotech,

07/08/2019 SOURCE: www.fiercebiotech.com

Skyhawk Therapeutics nabs Peloton exec and cancer R&D veteran as VP of oncology biology

Two months after Merck announced a billion-dollar plus deal to buy out late-stage cancer biotech Peloton, some of its staffers are finding new homes.

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Kim Bremmer
shared this article 5 years ago
Topics: GMO's, CRISPR/Gene Editing, World Hunger, Biotech,

My house always has bananas on the counter, but it's far from being my family's major food source compared to the 500 million people worldwide who rely on bananas for survival. The very serious issue of the threat to bananas from pests, pathogens and Mother Nature finally has some hope for solutions...thanks to scientists and new gene editing techniques. I wonder how many other crops we will get to see that incorporate "climate-smart varieties"?