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The First CRISPR Gene-Edited Meat is Coming
“Most companies are trying to create lab-grown meat with little to no genetic engineering, which despite shifts in attitude is still frowned on,” writes Fast Company. And other companies “think that modifications like this will complicate getting regulatory approval,” especially in Europe, which considers CRISPR to be a form of Read more…
Animal Rights Leben (Life aka misc)
FDA No Longer Needs To Require Animal Tests Before Human Drug Trials
New medicines need not be tested in animals to receive U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, according to legislation signed by President Joe Biden in late December 2022. “This is huge,” says Tamara Drake, director of research and regulatory policy at the Center for a Humane Economy, a nonprofit Read more…
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Gene-edited Hens May End Cull of Billions of Chicks
Israeli researchers say they have developed gene-edited hens that lay eggs from which only female chicks hatch. The breakthrough could prevent the slaughter of billions of male chickens each year, which are culled because they don’t lay eggs. The female chicks, and the eggs they lay when they mature, have Read more…
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Op-Ed Argues ‘Put Down the Burger’ to Protect Earth’s Biodiversity
“Earth is in the midst of the worst mass extinction since an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago — and this time, the asteroid is us.” So says Michael Grunwald, an environmentalist, in an opinion piece for the New York Times. But his larger point is that Read more…