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EC Recommends Carrying Out Risk Assessment on Biotechnologies

Nanotech

The European Commission (EC) announced on October 3, 2023, that it adopted a Recommendation on critical technology areas for the European Union’s (EU) economic security, for further risk assessment with EU member states. According to the EC, the Recommendation relates to the assessment of technology risk and technology leakage.

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Andes releases nature-based, carbon-removing technology

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Carbon removal company, Andes, in partnership with EcoEngineers, has developed a carbon-removing technology that uses natural processes to remove and sequester carbon. The biotechnology captures and stores carbon permanently in soil, where it is then turned into nutrients naturally by microorganisms in plant roots.

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OSTP Publishes RFIs on Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology and National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative

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As reported in our September 13, 2022, blog item , on September 12, 2022, President Joseph Biden signed an Executive Order creating a National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative (NBBI) to accelerate biotechnology innovation and grow America’s bioeconomy across multiple sectors in industries such as health, agriculture, and energy.

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Medical physics and biotechnology: highlights of 2021

Physics World

Alongside ongoing efforts to help detect , analyse and prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, 2021 has seen also the introduction of novel cancer treatments, advances in diagnostic imaging technology and innovative new biomedical devices. The post Medical physics and biotechnology: highlights of 2021 appeared first on Physics World.

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Biden Administration Announces New Goals and Priorities to Advance Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing

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Hutton As reported in our September 13, 2022, blog item , President Joseph Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) on September 12, 2022, creating a National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative “that will ensure we can make in the United States all that we invent in the United States.” innovators. innovators.

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Federal Agencies Announce Investments and Resources to Advance National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative

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As reported in our September 13, 2022, blog item , on September 12, 2022, President Joseph Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) creating a National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative “that will ensure we can make in the United States all that we invent in the United States.” forest resources. In addition, the U.S.

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China Proposes to Prohibit Export of Certain Human Cell Cloning and Gene Editing Technologies

Arnold Porter

On December 30, 2022, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) published a proposed version of the Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited and Restricted from Export (Proposed Catalogue) for public comment, adding human cell cloning and gene editing technology to the prohibited list, and certain biotechnology used in drug manufacturing to the restricted (..)