The decision ends a decade-long legal battle by the African Centre for Biodiversity and cements new legal standards for ...

Responsible for global chickpea losses of around USD 330 million annually, the pest not only threatens chickpeas but also ...

Chinechendo Eze is a Nigerian microbiologist and biotechnologist with research focuses on how to genetically engineer crops to enhance growth and resilience. She is a doctoral student and a graduate ...

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The Bill is still only a proposal and faces a long road through Congress, where many may question its feasibility and definitions. Yet, if passed in its present form which is full of ambiguity, it ...

The African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) has welcomed the decision of 11 Judges of the Constitutional Court of South Africa ...

It is unethical to use loopholes in patent law for the misappropriation of natural resources. Such patents extensively hinder ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that ...

Many plants including cocoa, coffee and avocado cannot be gene-edited but a technique involving grafting could change that, ...

How they’re doing it: The new company, called Preventive, is being formed to research so-called “heritable genome editing,” ...

Discover the benefits of GMO insulin, a safe, effective option for diabetes management, using genetically modified bacteria ...

The dairy business and industry in Oman grapples with complex challenges, from wavering milk prices and escalating input ...