Biotech Updates

In the past decade, gene editing and other breakthroughs in molecular biology led to new techniques for easing genetic improvement. These techniques do not lead to different results from those that earlier techniques could obtain; they just allow scientists to reach the same results easily, faster, and with increased knowledge/control of the outcome.

Moolec Gets First US Approval for Animal Proteins in Plants

Moolec Science's genetically engineered soybean with pork proteins known as Piggy Sooy has received the response to their request for regulatory status review from USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. APHIS concluded that Piggy Sooy is unlikely to pose an increased plant pest risk compared to the conventional soybeans. Thus, it is not subject to the APHIS regulation governing movement of genetic engineered organisms or products.

APHIS Releases Regulatory Status Review of Four Modified Plants

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has released their review of four plants modified using genetic engineering to determine whether they posed an increased plant pest risk as relative to non-modified comparators.

Study Reveals Linkages Between Crop Biotech and Climate Change Mitigation

Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan and University of Victoria in Canada analyzed and evaluated peer-reviewed research on the contribution of crop biotechnology to climate change mitigation and adaptation. Their findings, published in GM Crops and Food, with principal author Stuart J. Smyth, focus on genetically modified (GM) traits in major crops and the resulting changes in farming practices.