London/Austin, 22 Apr (Sangeeta Shashikant and Edward Hammond) – The World Health Organization (WHO), in an announcement in March, linked rapid sharing of SARS-CoV-2 virus materials and sequence information to fair and equitable benefit sharing. But how this linkage will…
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Zinc-biofortified wheat reduces childhood illness
When vulnerable young children in India eat foods prepared with wheat enriched with zinc, they spend significantly fewer days sick with pneumonia and vomiting, shows a study published this week. Diets in India commonly lack sufficient zinc and consequently, nearly…
Report release: Extreme biotech meets extreme energy
Paris, 24 Nov – At the upcoming Climate summit in Paris, some governments and much of civil society will be pushing for an urgent transition away from the carbon-rich fossil fuels responsible for climate chaos. However, one hi-tech sector, the…