How Jennifer Doudna ’s Life Has Changed Since Discovering CRISPR 10 Years Ago
Jennifer Doudna was staring at a computer screen filled with a string of As, Cs, Ts, and Gs—the letters that make up human DNA—and witnessing a debilitating genetic disease being cured right before her eyes. Just a year earlier, in 2012, she and microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier had published a landmark paper describing CRISPR-Cas9, a molecular version of autocorrect for DNA, and she was seeing one the first demonstrations of CRISPR’s power to cure a human disease. She was in the lab of Dr. Kiran Musunuru, a Harvard researcher who was eager to show her the results from an experiment he had just finish...
Source: TIME: Health - July 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized feature Genetics healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Peecycling: could donating your urine to farmers help feed the world?
Thanks to the war in Ukraine, there is a shortage of agricultural chemicals. As each adult produces enough pee annually to fertilise 145kg of wheat, perhaps bodily waste is the answerName: Peecycling.Age: As a term, dates to about 2006; as a practice, centuries old.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 20, 2022 Category: Science Tags: Recycling Agriculture Science Waste Food Pollution World news Source Type: news
Ukraine Is Struggling to Export Its Grain, and Here ’s Why
Ukraine’s farms are expected to produce around 30 million tons of wheat, corn and other food commodities this year, and they are seeking alternative routes to export those grains to stave off... #whyukraine (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Developing countries and the Perfect Storm Part II: What Developing Countries Need to Do
By Daud KhanROME, Jun 3 2022 (IPS) Developing countries are facing a combination of crises that are unprecedented in recent times. Over the last three years they have had to face the COVID-19 crisis, the food crisis, the energy crisis, the climate change crisis, the debt crisis and, on top of all this, a global recession. The crises have overlapped, and each has added to the problems created by the previous ones.
Daud KhanMuch of the “fault” for these crises lies with the big countries – their desire for geo-political domination, the continued emission of GHGs, the tight money policy of recent months.
There are str...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 3, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Daud Khan Tags: Climate Change COVID-19 Development & Aid Education Energy Financial Crisis Food and Agriculture Global Globalisation Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Developing Countries and the Perfect Storm Part I: What Should Developed Countries Do?
By Daud KhanROME, Jun 1 2022 (IPS) Developing countries – in Africa, in Asia, in Latin America and in the Middle East – are facing a combination of crises that are unprecedented in recent times. Over the last three years they have had to face the COVID-19 crisis, the food crisis, the energy crisis, the climate change crisis, the debt crisis and, on top of all this, a global recession. The crises have overlapped, and each has added to the problems created by the previous ones.
Daud KhanFirst among the crises relates to food – the most basic of human needs. Even before the events in Ukraine there were shortages an...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Daud Khan Tags: Climate Change COVID-19 Development & Aid Education Energy Financial Crisis Food and Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition Global Globalisation Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Climate Change Made India and Pakistan ’s Intense Spring Heat Wave More Likely
(NEW DELHI, India)—The devastating heat wave that has baked India and Pakistan in recent months was made more likely by climate change and is a glimpse of the region’s future, international scientists said in a study released Monday.
The World Weather Attribution group analyzed historical weather data that suggested early, long heat waves that impact a massive geographical area are rare, once-a-century events. But the current level of global warming, caused by human-caused climate change, has made those heat waves 30 times more likely.
If global heating increases to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) mo...
Source: TIME: Science - May 24, 2022 Category: Science Authors: ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL/AP Tags: Uncategorized climate change Climate Is Everything extreme weather healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
U.S., Europe race to improve food supply chains after India bans wheat exports
G-7 foreign ministers warned over the weekend that the war in Ukraine is increasing the risk of a global hunger crisis. #hungercrisis #foreignministers (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
India, second-largest wheat producer, bans exports amid food supply concerns
India has banned exports of wheat because of a risk to its food security partially due to Russia's attack on Ukraine. #wheatproducer (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
India bans wheat exports as heat wave hurts crop, domestic prices soar
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Source: Reuters: Health - May 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
India bans wheat exports after supply crunch
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Source: Reuters: Health - May 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
India Bans Wheat Exports in Growing Wave of Food Protectionism
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Source: Reuters: Health - May 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
India bans wheat exports as heatwave curbs output, prices soar
India banned wheat exports with immediate effect on Saturday, just days after saying it was targeting record shipments this year, as a scorching heatwave curtailed output and local prices hit an... #heatwave (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
India blocks all wheat exports with immediate effect
The world's second-biggest wheat producer is trying to calm local prices. #wheatproducer (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rural India Has a Diabetes Problem – What Is Causing it?
South India has a higher rate of diabetes compared to North India, possibly due to its partiality towards white rice, which has a high glycaemic index. | Picture courtesy: Total HealthBy Sweta AkundiMay 10 2022 (IPS) At a healthcare clinic in Thodathara, a village in the Thavanampalle mandal near Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, Dr Vijay Kumar calls in his next patient. “He is the most disciplined man I know,” Dr Kumar says with a hint of pride.
Reddyappa Reddy walks in and takes the seat opposite Dr Kumar. “Ten years ago I found out I have diabetes. I took Dr Kumar’s advice. Today, I walk up and down the lengths of a man...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 10, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sweta Akundi Tags: Asia-Pacific Food and Agriculture Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Bringing Seeds of Hope to Farmers
By Paul Teng and Genevieve Donnellon-MaySINGAPORE, May 2 2022 (IPS) Amidst a backdrop of rising food insecurity worldwide and a global food supply chain crisis, many countries are attempting to increase the level of food self-production. One improved input for farming which is receiving renewed attention is improved seed. The two most populous countries in the world, China and India, have recently made ground-breaking moves to improve their competitive position by developing new seeds which will improve their food production and increase resilience to climate change. So far, in 2022, new regulations on using biotechnology ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 2, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Paul Teng and Genevieve Donnellon-May Tags: Armed Conflicts Climate Change Combating Desertification and Drought COVID-19 Economy & Trade Europe Food and Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition Food Sustainability Global Geopolitics Headlines TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Source Type: news
