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GM Watch Review 578 January 2025
Welcome to Review 578, which covers the latest developments regarding new GMOs, including the industry’s global push to remove regulatory safeguards from these products. Continue reading
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Chromothripsis: Bad news for gene editing
Discovery of “catastrophic” unintended effect of CRISPR gene editing may have caused slump in companies’ stock. Report: Claire Robinson CRISPR gene editing is often presented as a straightforward, precise, and safe procedure. But recent research findings on CRISPR gene editing for gene therapy applications show it can lead to massive damage to chromosomes. The phenomenon… Continue reading
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Biotech: EU Commission spreading misinformation
The EU Commission has rejected criticism of its report on plants and New GE (New Genetic Engineering, genome editing). In a letter to Testbiotech, the Commission stated that there were no new risks associated with plants derived from genetically engineered plants compared to conventionally bred plants, as long as no transgenes were inserted. The Commission… Continue reading
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UK gene editing public consultation announcement expected mid-June
This month the UK government is expected to follow through on Boris Johnson’s promise to “liberate the UK’s extraordinary bioscience sector from anti–genetic modification rules” by removing safety checks and (probably) GMO labelling and traceability from some crops and livestock made with experimental new genetic engineering techniques. It comes after a public consultation that… Continue reading
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Bill Gates finances lobby for “new GMOs” in Europe
These new revelations from Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) are crucially important to read and understand if we want to preserve our democracy and food freedom. Please alert all your contacts. Continue reading
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New analytical tool reveals massive DNA damage caused by CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing
New research from Chinese scientists shows that CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing causes massive damage to the genome, much of which would have been missed by the analytical tools used so far. Continue reading
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Post-Brexit Gene Editing – What’s happening?
On January 7th the UK government launched a 10-week public consultation into the deregulation of plants and animals produced using a new genetic engineering technology called gene editing. Continue reading
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Why the UK could end up deploying risky gene drives while ignoring natural biological control
This summer 78 environmental, agricultural, animal welfare and development organisations from all over Europe called on the European Union to outlaw the release of Gene Drive Organisms in the EU and internationally, warning that reprogramming or eradicating entire animal populations posed grave risks. They’re hoping that the European Union will respect the precautionary principle and… Continue reading
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Son of Frankenstein? UK Body Backs Human Embryo Gene Editing By F. William Engdahl
Though the announcement is couched in terms that make it seem humanitarian, as potentially a huge advance in science, an agency tied to the British government is encouraging efforts in gene-editing of the DNA of human embryos. It belongs in the category of eugenics. Not surprisingly, the footprints of Bill Gates and the Rockefeller eugenics… Continue reading
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