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APHIS Accepting Public Comments on Draft Guide for Submitting Permit Applications for Microorganisms Developed using Genetic Engineering

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Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced on March 23, 2023, the availability of a draft guide detailing the information requirements and process for submitting permit applications for microorganisms developed using genetic engineering. Section 340.3

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Anna Savage – The canary in the coal mine

Frontiers

Then, since frogs are vertebrates with complex immune systems, I need to understand how immunity works to make reasonable hypotheses about evolutionary genetic mechanisms of adaptation.” Genetic drift is always going to be a huge problem in small populations. How has your career developed so far?

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HUMILITY, PATIENCE, RESILIENCE

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Definitely, the process of arriving at it wasn’t straight forward but rugged and confusing. Resilience is a product of a range of things…mental strength, social background, experiences, personality traits and even genetics. But there are more lessons to learn from the process than from the product.

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Molecular changes in white blood cells can help us diagnose ‘the bends’ earlier in divers

Frontiers

A new study published by the open access journal Frontiers is the first to explore the genetic changes that occur in humans with the bends. Doctors do not yet have a definitive test for the bends, instead relying on symptoms to diagnose it. However, we still know relatively little about its physiological basis.

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Decolonizing Through Food Sovereignty

Vermont Law

Food sovereignty does not have a uniform definition; however, organizations generally define it as communities having control over the production, distribution, and quality of the food they consume. (1) Food sovereignty is the principle behind the leverage. INFOAMAZONIA, [link] (last visited Mar. Green Revolution: Curse or Blessing? ,

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EPA Issues Final Rule to Accelerate Use of Plant-Incorporated Biotechnologies

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PIPs are pesticidal substances produced by plants and the genetic material necessary for the plant to produce the substance. Section 174.25) and the newly issued exemption for “PIPs created through genetic engineering from a sexually compatible plant” (40 C.F.R. Section 174.705 to include genetic engineering.

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From Curiosity to a Career: Tigers, Elephants, and Everything In Between

Frontiers

Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan is a scientist and academic at the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, India, who specialises in molecular ecology and population genetics. I work on understanding biodiversity through a genetic lens and have a specific interest in the origins of biodiversity and human impact on biodiversity.”.