How cloning, gene editing and synthetic biology can help humanity stop the anticipated sixth extinction crisis

How cloning, gene editing and synthetic biology can help humanity stop the anticipated sixth extinction crisis

Ben Lamm | World Economic Forum | 
The world has entered the sixth extinction crisis with the loss of species having a devastating impact on the biodiversity ...
Viewpoint: Biotechnology can help address climate change fluctuations and deliver sustainable food and farming, says World Economic Forum

Viewpoint: Biotechnology can help address climate change fluctuations and deliver sustainable food and farming, says World Economic Forum

Biotechnology holds part of the key to enabling a transformation of our economy and our food systems ...
How digital innovations can spur a Fourth Agricultural Revolution

How digital innovations can spur a Fourth Agricultural Revolution

Two billion people in the world currently suffer from malnutrition and according to some estimates, we need 60% more food ...
Gene therapy update: More than 2,000 treatments are in development worldwide as revolution spreads to low- and middle-income countries

Gene therapy update: More than 2,000 treatments are in development worldwide as revolution spreads to low- and middle-income countries

Gene therapy is at the forefront of modern medicine. By making precise changes to the human genome, these sophisticated technologies ...
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‘Human Genome Project for our diets’: Here’s how bioactive compounds could overcome a dearth of vegetables in Americans’ health

Jim Flatt | World Economic Forum | 
A recent paper published in Nature Food to inform the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health proposes a public challenge ...
Viewpoint: ‘Microbes and plants can be altered to increase to carbon capture’ — Biophysicist lays out pathway for net-zero emissions

Viewpoint: ‘Microbes and plants can be altered to increase to carbon capture’ — Biophysicist lays out pathway for net-zero emissions

Kevin Doxzen | World Economic Forum | 
The same genetic engineering tools used for climate change adaptation are now being used for carbon capture ...
World Economic Forum: How genetically engineered crops can fight climate change

World Economic Forum: How genetically engineered crops can fight climate change

Kevin Doxzen | World Economic Forum | 
Food systems account for over one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. Any successful strategy for reaching the ambitious — and critical ...
Evolving smaller humans? Scientists debate whether rising temperatures will cause our species to shrink

Evolving smaller humans? Scientists debate whether rising temperatures will cause our species to shrink

Paige Bennett | World Economic Forum | 
Throughout history, species have evolved to adapt to their changing surroundings. Now, with skyrocketing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere ...
Bioeconomy: How synthetic biology can tackle manufacturing and disease challenges

Bioeconomy: How synthetic biology can tackle manufacturing and disease challenges

Abhinav Chugh | World Economic Forum | 
The bioeconomy covers all sectors and systems that rely on biological resources (animals, plants, microorganisms, and derived biomass, including organic ...
‘Climate beneficial food’: Here’s the skinny on the emerging movement to better align agriculture with sustainable production

‘Climate beneficial food’: Here’s the skinny on the emerging movement to better align agriculture with sustainable production

Chiara Cecchini | World Economic Forum | 
From complex labels to opaque sourcing and unclear carbon impact, 6 in 10 consumers say it is hard to know ...
'Landscapes of the future': How solar-powered LEDs could improve crop growth and cut pesticide use

‘Landscapes of the future’: How solar-powered LEDs could improve crop growth and cut pesticide use

Natalie Marchant | World Economic Forum | 
GROW, which was developed with partners Wageningen University and Rabobank, is trialling its vertical ‘light recipe’ across an enormous field ...
5 foods that have shaped landscape, culture and politics throughout history

5 foods that have shaped landscape, culture and politics throughout history

Douglas Broom | World Economic Forum | 
As the World Economic Forum features its Bold Actions for Food as a Force for Good virtual event from 23-24 November 2020, ...
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Coronavirus outbreak fuels surging plant-based meat demand in China

Farah Master | World Economic Forum | 
Demand for plant-based protein foods is surging in Asia, suppliers say, as suspicion over possible links between wild animal meat ...
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Infographic: There’s no such thing as ‘too young’ to be hospitalized by coronavirus

Emma Charlton | World Economic Forum | 
Getting infected by COVID-19 isn’t just a worry for the elderly. That’s one of the first findings about the virus in the ...
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Low trust in government tech regulation fuels consumer doubt about GMOs, gene editing

Trust in governance is at an all-time low. Experts trace a first major decline in trust back to the 1970s, ...
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Clean meat: Scientists serve up 100% real meat without cruelty, limited resources

Callum Brodie | World Economic Forum | 
The argument that “meat is murder” could become a thing of the past, thanks to groundbreaking technology that produces real ...
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How biotechnology is revolutionizing our lives

Sang Yup Lee | World Economic Forum | 
Biotechnology is a broad range of technologies that employ living organisms or parts of them to make diverse products. For ...
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Our technology-driven 4th Industrial Revolution–What questions should be asked?

Mildred Solomon | World Economic Forum | 
We live in an age of transformative scientific powers, capable of changing the very nature of the human species and ...
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