Mustard greens that have been genetically altered to remove their pungent flavor are coming to U.S. grocery stores. STORY AT-A-GLANCE Pairwise, an agricultural biotechnology company, created Conscious Greens Purple Power Baby Greens Blend, the first CRISPR-edited food available to U.S. consumers. The company used CRISPR—clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats—to edit mustard greens’ DNA, removing…
How Technology Changes Us: Is All Progress Good?
Commentary The EpochTV original, “Altered Humans: How Biotech is Changing Who We Are,” examines recent advancements in medical technology and whether or not they translate into better health. Many Americans rely on drugs, medical devices, and surgery at some point in their lives to combat sickness or disease. But despite medical advances, lifespans are shortening,…
Biotech, Clean Energy Sectors in China Face Uncertain Future, Insider Says
January 14, 2023
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News Analysis China’s biotechnology and clean energy sectors may be the next targets of U.S. sanctions, according to the president of a high-tech corporation in Japan. Such sectors will probably face a downturn following China’s hard-hit semiconductor industry, the president, who for security reasons only wanted to be identified as Desen, told The Epoch Times…
Executive Order Advances Biotech-Transhumanist Agenda
I predicted this ‘no testing required’ formula would spread beyond COVID shots, and according to the executive order Biden just signed, that’s exactly what’s about to happen. STORY AT-A-GLANCE September 12, 2022, President Biden signed the “Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe and Secure American Bioeconomy” Specified in that…
Progress and Its Deluded Enemies
Commentary The Biden administration has released a very strange executive order. It hardly makes any sense. It’s called “Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy.” That’s a lot of bio stuff. Here is a screenshot. This is not English. It’s something else. The only real takeaway from these 5,000 words…
AstraZeneca to Buy Oncology Firm TeneoTwo for Up to $1.27 Billion
AstraZeneca agreed to acquire biotechnology firm TeneoTwo Inc. in a deal worth up to $1.27 billion on Tuesday, in a move to bolster its roster of therapies to treat blood cancers. At the heart of the deal is the U.S.-based company’s early-stage experimental treatment for a form of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer that…
Victoria Announces Globally Recognized Biobank
April 4, 2022
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The Victorian Labor Government has announced Australia’s first globally recognised biorepository, Biobanking Victoria, months after the state-funded laboratory received its accreditation from the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) in November. “Biobanking Victoria is the culmination of years of hard work by a highly dedicated team,” said the Director of Biobanking Victoria, Prof. Melissa Southey….
To Defeat China, the US Must Focus on These 5 Key Sectors
Commentary In an effort to combat the threat from the Chinese regime, the U.S. National Intelligence and Security Center (NCSC) has prioritized the following five key sectors: artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biotechnology, semiconductors, and autonomous systems. According to the most recent NCSC report, these five sectors “produce technologies that may determine whether America remains the…
Victorian State Government Provides More Funding For Biotechnology
The Victorian State government has announced more grants for medical companies to support local biotechnology manufacturing in the state. The Minister for Industry Support and Recovery Martin Pakula has said that the grant will put Vicotria at the forefront of medtech manufacturing in the country and create hundreds of skilled job opportunities for Victorians. “We’re putting…
US Blacklist Dozens of Chinese Biotech Firms That Aid Military, Including for ‘Brain-Control Weaponry’
December 16, 2021
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The U.S. Commerce Department has slapped trade restrictions on dozens of Chinese entities over their role in weaponizing biotechnology and other U.S. innovations to bolster the Chinese military and further its human rights abuses. Among the 34 Chinese entities targeted is the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, China’s top medical research institute run by the…
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