https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/en-auCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comSun, 27 Sep 2026 20:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/something-weve-never-seen-before-the-risk-of-ai-bioweapons/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 20:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/something-weve-never-seen-before-the-risk-of-ai-bioweapons/https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/how-seriously-should-we-take-biological-threats-from-ai/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 20:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/how-seriously-should-we-take-biological-threats-from-ai/https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/aus-abca-convenes-canberra-meeting/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/aus-abca-convenes-canberra-meeting/ Source: Syracuse.com – 05 September 2026After more than six years of review, the USDA Animal and Plant Inspection Service determined that ESF’s blight-tolerant Darling 54 genetically modified chestnut is unlikely to pose a threat to other plants…Additional reviews need to be completed by the Environmental Protection Agency before American chestnuts can be distributed to individuals or used for]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/usa-gm-chestnut-trees-approved/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 07:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/usa-gm-chestnut-trees-approved/https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/int-gm-crop-adoption-support-yields-and-cultivation-under-climate-change/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 07:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/int-gm-crop-adoption-support-yields-and-cultivation-under-climate-change/ ABC Radio National, Breakfast – 03 September 2026
The Panama disease tropical race 4 (TR4) has spread to an eleventh banana farm. The soil-borne fungus is widely considered one of the world’s most devastating banana diseases as it can stay in the soil for decades. QUT researchers have developed this approved genetically modified disease resistant plant. How do the growers view that particular option?See also:&]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/aus-banana-industry-looks-to-gm-solutions/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 07:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/aus-banana-industry-looks-to-gm-solutions/ European Parliament (via Genetic Literacy Project) – 01 September 2026
he rules governing new gene editing techniques for plants – called “new genomic techniques” (NGTs) – are being changed at EU level. Gene-edited plants will be divided into two categories, depending on the type and number of edits involved. Those with few genetic changes that could have occurred through conventional br]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/eu-official-guide-to-gmos-and-gene-edited-foods/Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/eu-official-guide-to-gmos-and-gene-edited-foods/https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/labors-cgt-challenge-deepens-as-biotech-sector-raises-alarm/Wed, 27 May 2026 21:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/labors-cgt-challenge-deepens-as-biotech-sector-raises-alarm/https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/aus-gm-bananas-industry-saviour/Sun, 26 Oct 2025 09:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/aus-gm-bananas-industry-saviour/https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/aus-new-gm-cotton-approved-for-market/Sat, 04 Oct 2025 10:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/aus-new-gm-cotton-approved-for-market/https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/ambitious-plan-to-convert-forestry-waste-into-fuel-for-ships-and-planes/Thu, 25 Sep 2025 06:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/ambitious-plan-to-convert-forestry-waste-into-fuel-for-ships-and-planes/https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/usa-gm-wheat-coming/Wed, 24 Sep 2025 10:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/usa-gm-wheat-coming/https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/int-cimmyt-to-switch-focus-to-gene-editing/Sun, 21 Sep 2025 10:44:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/int-cimmyt-to-switch-focus-to-gene-editing/https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/aus-leading-stakeholders-meet/Fri, 07 Mar 2025 04:19:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/aus-leading-stakeholders-meet/ A broad coalition of 153 Nobel and World Food Prize Laureates has made an unprecedented plea for financial and political backing to develop “moonshot” technologies to avert a hunger catastrophe in the next 25 years.  The signatories warned that the world was not even close to meeting future food needs, with an estimated 700 mi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/int-call-to-action-on-world-hunger/Mon, 20 Jan 2025 05:12:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/int-call-to-action-on-world-hunger/ Source: The Guardian – 07 January 2025
Toxic male mosquitoes will poison females with their semen in a new population control method developed by Australian researchers. The method involves genetically engineering males to produce spider and sea anemone venom proteins, which they inject into females during mating, reducing their lifespan. Macquarie University researchers have been testing]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/aus-more-gm-mozzie-research/Mon, 20 Jan 2025 05:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/aus-more-gm-mozzie-research/https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/aus-gm-drought-tolerant-wheat-trials-approved/Sun, 22 Sep 2024 06:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/aus-gm-drought-tolerant-wheat-trials-approved/https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/usa-gm-wheat-approved-for-use/Sun, 15 Sep 2024 06:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/usa-gm-wheat-approved-for-use/https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/aus-gm-banana-a-biosecurity-win/Sun, 15 Sep 2024 06:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/aus-gm-banana-a-biosecurity-win/https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/sydney-man-becomes-cryonics-facilitys-first-client-with-hopes-he-will-eventually-be-brought-back-to-life/Thu, 23 May 2024 06:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/profession/biotechnology/sydney-man-becomes-cryonics-facilitys-first-client-with-hopes-he-will-eventually-be-brought-back-to-life/