Tag: Genetic engineering
Repair of pathological genes: "Therapy changes the lives of people who no longer had hope"
Just 13 years after their discovery, the first Crispr gene therapies are now on the market. The procedure is expensive and involves risks – but also new hope for those…
EU meeting: breakthrough for genetic engineering in agriculture?
As of: November 20, 2023 12:09 p.m To date, there is no clear policy in the EU regarding the use, import and cultivation of genetically modified plants. Brussels wants to…
Great Britain approves world’s first treatment with genetic scissors: hope grows – health
A drug based on Crispr technology has been approved for the first time in the world in Great Britain. This was announced by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency…
Great Britain approves world’s first treatment with genetic scissors – Health
A drug based on Crispr technology has been approved for the first time in the world in Great Britain. This was announced by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency…
Three HIV-positive people received a cure using CRISPR
Three HIV-positive people received a cure using CRISPR The CRISPR gene editing technology has already been used to modify animals, change the genes of babies and also to treat people…
Plant breeding: That’s why the carrot is orange? – Knowledge
They appear somewhat bashfully for the first time in European art history in the early modern period, right on the edge of a market stall that the Dutch painter Pieter…
Genetically modified silkworms produce spider silk. – Knowledge
A Chinese research team says it has succeeded in producing spider silk using genetically modified caterpillars. This could make it possible to produce spider silk biologically on a larger scale,…
More genetic engineering in Europe’s fields?
Status: 05.07.2023 06:42 a.m Less strict rules for the use of genetic engineering could mean that genetically modified plants will play a greater role in the future. What does this…
Controversial EU plans: Organic farmers defend themselves against “green genetic engineering”
background Status: 05.07.2023 1:25 p.m The EU Commission wants to relax the rules for the use of genetic engineering in agriculture. This meets with resistance, especially among organic farmers. They…
EU Commission wants to relax rules for genetically modified plants – Knowledge
The European Commission wants to allow more genetic engineering on the fields and plates of the EU. The Brussels authority is proposing a new regulation that is intended to exclude…