The EPO and the industry are destroying the basis of European plant breeding by granting these kinds of patents. Access to conventionally bred plant varieties has never been so severely restricted by ...
The European Patent Office (EPO) today rejected an opposition against a patent held by the company, KWS, on cold-tolerant maize (EP 3380618). The international coalition of No Patents on Seeds! filed ...
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Just four years after its first “harvest” of GM Atlantic salmon in Canada, the US biotechnology company AquaBounty is selling its on-land GM fish factory at Rollo Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada. (1 ...
In his 2022 book Regenesis and his subsequent campaigning with WePlanet, Guardian columnist George Monbiot has championed “precision fermentation” (the PR term for synthetic biology – synbio – or ...
Does mention of allergen-free peanuts, striga-resistant cowpeas, salt-resistant wheat, beta-carotene rich sweet potatoes, and virus-resistant cassavas make you think of GM? If so, you've missed the ...