How do you protect crops from diseases, insects and other pests when pesticides have a serious sulphur smell? Scientific research proposes to modify plants using genetic editing resources. Biotechnology advocates swear that these modified plants are not GMOs and
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A group of German Green MEPs supports the use of genetic engineering techniques, which they believe could make a significant contribution to sustainable development. This is a novel approach that runs counter to the position that environmentalists usually take on this subject. In a forum on 10 June, the 22 signatories - who
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Biotechnological risks, access to and sharing of the benefits of biodiversity: these are the issues at stake at the United Nations Conference on Biodiversity (COP14, COPMOP3 and COPMOP9 ), which is being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from 17 to 29 November 2018. Decision-makers from more than 190 countries are expected to
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The scientific-economic-judicial battle has been raging for ten years. Are organisms (plants or animal species) modified by genetic engineering tools such as CRISPR GMOs or not? The Court of Justice of the European Union has just handed down its verdict, which will henceforth set a precedent: organisms modified by
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After the approval of the European Union, it is now the turn of the American justice system to validate the marriage between two giants: the American pesticides and seeds giant Monsanto and the German chemicals conglomerate Bayer. A union sealed for the astronomical sum of 66 billion dollars. Plant protection products, seeds,
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Yi Li is a professor in the Department of Plant Science at the University of Connecticut. He is a world-renowned specialist in plant physiology, biotechnology and breeding. Author of an impressive number of scientific papers, he has developed several notable transgenic technologies such as the development of fruit
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Chinese scientists are not always bothered by ethical issues and are forcibly moving forward with genetic editing. The molecular scissors CRISPR no longer holds any secrets for them and they use it without complex to transform living organisms. This is what a team of scientists has just achieved by modifying the molecular scissors CRISPR.
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The next food on your plate will be genetically modified, but it will not be a GMO in the conventional sense. It will have been modified using CRISPR, a new technique that allows scientists to fine-tune the DNA of a plant to give it a better taste,
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GMO crops took the world by storm in 2016, after marking time for the first time in 2015, with an increase of 3% in planted area to 185.1 million hectares in 26 countries around the world. This is according to a report by the ISAAA (International Service for Agricultural Research and Development).
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In Burkina Faso, Monsanto's days are numbered. The multinational is withdrawing from the country. The introduction of its GMO cotton in 2009 did not really go as planned: presented as a miracle solution to pest attacks, the new variety ended up mainly destroying the quality and the quality of the cotton.
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"The lawsuit that opens today is fictitious, but the law is real! "Corinne Lepage, who opens the two days of the Monsanto Tribunal in The Hague on 15 and 16 October, explains the scope of the legal exercise. "To ask questions in law because the law is insufficient to
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From 14 to 16 October 2016, the Monsanto Tribunal, an international civil society mobilization of historic proportions, will expose Monsanto's toxic products and the crimes attributed to this company against human health and the environment. Five eminent experts will be called upon to judge the multinational company.
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Les nouvelles techniques génétiques prennent toutes sortes de noms au gré des intentions de chacun : NBT (New breeding techniques), OGM ou OGE (organismes génétiquement édités) … Toujours est-il qu’elles présentent les mêmes propriétés que les OGM (résistance aux herbicides ou aux insecticides notamment), mais échappent à leur cadre règlementaire.
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Partout dans le monde, des mouvements paysans naissent et s’organisent en opposition à « l’agrobusiness » et aux OGM afin de préserver la biodiversité et l’avenir de la planète. Ces agriculteurs militent pour une production agricole saine et plus soucieuse de l’environnement. Ils affirment « qu’un autre modèle est possible
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For a long time now, people have been talking in the columns of UP' Magazine about CRISPR-Cas9, this formidable or terrifying - depending on one's point of view - tool of genetic modification. An invention by Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Chapentier that is the subject of a fierce patent battle. But Monsanto, without intimidating itself
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The German chemical giant Bayer has just announced the purchase of the GMO pesticide and seed manufacturer, the American Monsanto, for the astronomical sum of 66 billion dollars. This announcement is the end of an arm wrestling match that has been going on for four months. Update of the article published on
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Nous poursuivons notre série d’interviews présentant les enjeux majeurs du FESTIVAL VIVANT dont UP’ Magazine est partenaire. Yves Bertheau s’exprime ici sur la brûlante question des nouvelles techniques d’édition (ou New breeding techniques/ NBT). Démissionnaire du Comité scientifique du Haut Conseil des biotechnologies (HCB), il détaille ici les défis d’une
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Currently, several new genetic modification techniques are being discussed to determine whether or not the products derived from them will be regulated as transgenic GMOs. This article by Eric Meunier of the journal inf'OGM allows us to understand some of the potential risks associated with the mere introduction of transgenic GMOs.
PlusCurrently, several new genetic modification techniques are being discussed to determine whether or not the products derived from them will be regulated as transgenic GMOs. This article by Eric Meunier of the journal inf'OGM allows us to understand some of the potential risks associated with the mere introduction of transgenic GMOs.
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The thorny issue of genetically modified (GM) crops is resurfacing. Speaking at the Davos Economic Summit, Bill Gates recently declared that GM crops are a key weapon in the fight against hunger and poverty in Africa. But Bill Gates did not mention one important piece of news, namely that
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