Alors que l’Union européenne tente de faire avancer son trilogue sur la déréglementation des OGM végétaux issus de nouvelles techniques (NTG), l’Association française des biotechnologies végétales (AF ...

Par le biais d’analyses en laboratoire réalisées en Tunisie puis en France à partir de trois échantillons de semences de soja ...

En 2024, l’Union européenne a de nouveau enregistré des alertes de contamination par des OGM. Au nombre de 24, ces alertes ...

Sous couvert de faire du continent un leader mondial des « sciences de la vie », la Commission européenne confirme sa vision ...

Toulouse-based Micropep Technologies has just had one of its fungicidal micropeptides approved in the United States. The technology, developed and patented by this CNRS spin-off, is aiming for ...

Mosquitoes carry pathogens that cause diseases such as malaria and dengue fever, and are therefore known as vector-borne diseases. As part of the fight against these mosquitoes, researchers at ...

For the past fifteen years, governments have been discussing “synthetic biology” on an international level. If to date, an “operational” definition exists, the outlines of this field remain hard to ...

Adopted on May 24, 2024, after nearly 25 years of negotiations, the WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources, and Traditional Knowledge aims to regulate the use of natural and cultural ...

The European Commission’s postponement of its “ biotech law ” until the end of 2026 is raising questions. Presented as a future “ regulation “, this law must be coordinated with other legal acts still ...

Four industrial groups dominate the market for genetically modified micro-organisms. Of the 272 applications filed that strictly concern GMMs, 173 (64%) are from : – Novozymes (54 applications + 4 via ...

In 2023, German and Spanish customs notified the presence of transgenic rice on their territory. This GM rice is not allowed for importation into Europe. Commercial cultivation is currently very ...

Le soja transgénique Roundup Ready profite moins bien de l’apport de soufre qu’une variété proche, mais non génétiquement modifiée. Ce genre d’effet pleïtropique avait déjà été observé et analysé. Si ...