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Human history: Why men are genetically poorer than women – Knowledge
The crisis affected prehistoric man. Around 5,000 years ago, the male part of humanity suffered a severe setback. At the end of the Neolithic period he squeezed through a kind…
Agriculture: First genetically modified banana in the world
Things are bad for Germany’s second favorite fruit. Using genetic engineering methods, researchers have created a fungus-resistant specimen. Is this the salvation from the banana extinction? If TR4 hits, banana…
New genetically modified plants: why the authorities groan – knowledge
Detecting plants that were created using new processes is challenging and, in some cases, impossible. How surveillance authorities try to track down the plants. Small, oval and beige – you…
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,…
Genetically modified bacteria can detect tumors
There is still a long way to go to treat cancer in real time, at the exact point in the body where the cancer cells are. But a US-Australian research…
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…
Dispute over genetically modified “Golden Rice” in the Philippines
Status: 06/23/2023 3:01 p.m Genetically modified rice is said to remedy a vitamin A deficiency that affects one in seven children in the Philippines. But the effectiveness and environmental impact…
EU Commission wants to allow genetically modified plants – Economy
Europe’s fields are not made for a two degree warmer world. Climate change, noticeable to everyone in the mild winters and dry summers of recent years, is already making life…
Genetically modified chickens lay eggs for people with allergies
protein ovomucoid May 29, 2023 17:51 Robert Klatt Genetically modified eggs for allergy sufferers )kcotS ebodAakanynasamrekigrellA rüf reiE etrednärev hcsinhcetneG(Photo: © Genetically modified chickens lay eggs that do not contain…
Newly approved medicines are mostly genetically engineered
Status: 05/22/2023 3:21 p.m In Germany, newly approved drugs are increasingly being produced with the help of genetic engineering. Last year, the share of biopharmaceuticals reached a new high of…