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EU initiative may water down standards for food products obtained from genetic engineering
Testbiotech demands improvements for safety, transparency and consumer trust
Testbiotech participated in a consultation by the European Commission on its planned simplification initiative concerning standards for food and feed safety. The initiative could also cause lowering standards for…
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Scientific publication on AI-designed NGT maize
The EU Commission would allow the release of the plants without prior risk assessment
The blueprint for a genetically engineered insecticidal maize was published today in the journal Frontiers in Plant Science. What makes it special is that it was designed using artificial…
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AI-designed viruses created for the first time
Genome of phages redesigned
Scientists have for the first time ever successfully used artificial intelligence (AI) to redesign functional viruses. This has resulted in previously unknown virus variants that specialize in bacteria, known…